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Associations to the word «Tampon»

Wiktionary

TAMPON, noun. A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.
TAMPON, noun. A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
TAMPON, noun. An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
TAMPON, verb. (medicine) (transitive) To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.

Dictionary definition

TAMPON, noun. Plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood).
TAMPON, verb. Plug with a tampon.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats