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Pessary   Listen
noun
Pessary  n.  (pl. pessaries)  (Med.)
(a)
An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.
(b)
A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.





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"Pessary" Quotes from Famous Books



... generation in normal condition. This shows diagrammatically the position of the organs if a woman were cut in two between the thighs. The rubber pessary is shown in position, slightly distending upper end of vagina (or front passage), and covering the opening into interior of womb. A suppository introduced beforehand will dissolve and occupy the dotted space above rubber pessary, ...
— Safe Marriage - A Return to Sanity • Ettie A. Rout


Words linked to "Pessary" :   birth control device, diaphragm, preventative, contraceptive diaphragm, contraceptive device, contraceptive, prophylactic device


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