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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 1.6 [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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