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Lippes loop definition

☆ Lip·pes loop (lip′is)

a polyethylene intrauterine contraceptive device, shaped like a double

Etymology: after Jack Lippes, U.S. physician (1961)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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