"pessary" meaning in English

See pessary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛsəɹi/ Forms: pessaries [plural]
Etymology: From French pessaire, from Latin pessarium. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|pessaire}} French pessaire, {{der|en|la|pessarium}} Latin pessarium Head templates: {{en-noun}} pessary (plural pessaries)
  1. A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary. Synonyms (contraceptive device): diaphragm, cervical cap Translations (contraceptive device): pessar [neuter] (Danish), pessaari (Finnish), pessārium [masculine] (Latin) Translations (supporting device): pessaari (Finnish), pesarium (Indonesian), pessārium [neuter] (Latin), pesari (Malay)
    Sense id: en-pessary-en-noun-en:intravaginal_device_for_uterus_support Disambiguation of 'contraceptive device': 81 4 15 Disambiguation of 'contraceptive device': 81 4 15 Disambiguation of 'supporting device': 93 4 3
  2. (contraception) A diaphragm or cervical cap.
    Sense id: en-pessary-en-noun-en:intravaginal_barrier_for_contraception Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 59 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 61 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 59 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 62 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 35 61 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 37 58 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 59 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 36 57 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 36 59 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 36 57 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 36 59 4
  3. (medicine) A vaginal suppository. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (vaginal suppository): pessarium [neuter] (Dutch), vagitorio (Finnish), pesario [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pessary-en-noun-en:vaginal_suppository Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'vaginal suppository': 4 1 95

Inflected forms

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