intrauterine

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/ˌɪntɹəˈjuːtəɹɪn//ˌɪntɹəˈjuːtəɹaɪn/

adjective

Located or taking place inside the uterus.

Opposite
extrauterine
OriginEnglish uterine ← Latin intrā ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros →
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Meanings

adjectiveintrauterine (not comparable)

alternative intra-uterine

  1. not comparableLocated or taking place inside the uterus.
    1 more example

    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 used any type of hormonal contraceptive.

    2024 October 17, Deidre McPhillips, “Some IUDs linked to higher rates of breast cancer, but overall risk remains low”, in CNN

    Antonyms: extrauterine

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLocated or taking place inside the uterus.

Opposite
extrauterine

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Englishuterine
  7. Englishintrauterine

From intra- + uterine.

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Translations

Catalan intrauterí
  • intrauteríinside the uterus
Czech nitroděložní
  • nitroděložníinside the uterus
Dutch binnenbaarmoederlijk
  • binnenbaarmoederlijkinside the uterus
Finnish kohdunsisäinen
  • kohdunsisäineninside the uterus
French intra-utérin
  • intra-utérininside the uterus
Greek ενδομήτριος
  • ενδομήτριος (endomítrios)inside the uterus
Hindi गर्भस्थ
  • गर्भस्थ (garbhasth)inside the uterus
Italian intrauterino
  • intrauterinoinside the uterus
Polish wewnątrzmaciczny
  • wewnątrzmacicznyinside the uterus
Portuguese intra-uterino
  • intra-uterinoinside the uterus
Russian внутрима́точный, внутриутро́бный
  • внутрима́точный (vnutrimátočnyj)inside the uterus
  • внутриутро́бный (vnutriutróbnyj)inside the uterus
Spanish intrauterino
  • intrauterinoinside the uterus

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

intraneurite
Cite this entry
APA

intrauterine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrauterine

MLA

“intrauterine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrauterine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intrauterine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrauterine.

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