Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pessary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pessary \Pes"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Pessaries}. [L. pessarium, pessum,
pessus, Gr. ?: cf. F. pessaire.] (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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pessary
n : a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped
cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with
spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix [syn: {diaphragm},
{contraceptive diaphragm}]
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