"vaginal ring" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: vaginal rings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vaginal ring (plural vaginal rings)
  1. (medicine) A device consisting of a flexible ring held in the vagina which provides a controlled release of drugs, typically used for contraception. Wikipedia link: vaginal ring Categories (topical): Birth control, Medicine Synonyms: VR [initialism] Translations (contraception device): 陰道環 (Chinese Mandarin), 阴道环 (yīndàohuán) (Chinese Mandarin), ehkäisyrengas (Finnish), anneau vaginal [masculine] (French), Vaginalring [masculine] (German), inel vaginal [neuter] (Romanian)

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