See Also: Intrauterine device(health)
intrauterine contraceptive device(medicine)
contraceptive device, intrauterine(medicine)
intrauterine device expulsion(medicine)
Contraceptive device, intrauterine (IUD)(health)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
pneumococcus(encyclopedia)
pneumococcus(dictionary)
pneumococcus(medicine)
Pneumococcus genera(health)

intrauterine device expulsion (medicine) and pneumococcus (sh)


intrauterine device expulsion (medicine)


intrauterine device expulsion
Spontaneous loss of intrauterine devices from the uterus.


pneumococcus (sh)




Spheroidal bacterium (Streptococcus pneumoniae) that causes human diseases including pneumonia, sinusitis, ear infection, and meningitis.

Usually occurring in the upper respiratory tract, this gram-positive (see gram stain) coccus is often found in a chain configuration and surrounded by a polysaccharide capsule. Pneumococci are separated into types depending on the specific capsular polysaccharide formed. Their disease-causing ability resides in the capsule, which delays or prevents their destruction by cells in the bloodstream that normally engulf foreign material.