Associations to the word «Pessary»

PESSARY, noun. A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.

PESSARY, noun. (contraception) A diaphragm.

PESSARY, noun. (medicine) A vaginal suppository.

PESSARY, noun. 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.