intrauterine
/ˌɪntɹəˈjuːtəɹɪn/
intrauterine adjective: located or taking place inside the uterus.
Adjective
intrauterine (not comparable)
- Located or taking place inside the uterus.
- The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t...2024 October 17, Deidre McPhillips, “Some IUDs linked to higher rates of breast cancer, but overall risk remains low”, in CNN
- Antonyms:
- extrauterine
intrauterine meaning in Hindi and Tamil
intrauterine in Hindi
- inside the uterus
- गर्भस्थ garbhasth
intrauterine in Tamil
- கருப்பையகமான, கருவகவக
Antonyms of intrauterine
Forms of intrauterine
| alternative form | intra-uterine |
|---|
Origin of intrauterine
From intra- + uterine.
Words formed from intrauterine
Phrases with intrauterine
Questions about intrauterine
- What does intrauterine mean?
- Intrauterine means located or taking place inside the uterus.
- What is intrauterine in Hindi?
- Intrauterine in Hindi is गर्भस्थ (garbhasth). See Intrauterine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intrauterine?
- Intrauterine is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce intrauterine?
- Intrauterine is pronounced /ˌɪntɹəˈjuːtəɹɪn/.
Words near intrauterine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intrauterine (page history and authors); intrauterine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intrauterine.wav.
Cite this entry: “intrauterine.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/intrauterine. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.