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Pessary
Pessary meaning
A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary. | A diaphragm or cervical cap. | A vaginal suppository.
Example sentences (2)
Because they occupied both the vagina and the uterus, this type of stem pessary was also known as an interuterine device.
Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.