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UK
/dˈaɪəfɹˌæm/
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[ US /ˈdaɪəˌfɹæm/ ]
[ US /ˈdaɪəˌfɹæm/ ]
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
- (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
- electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves
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a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
How To Use diaphragm In A Sentence
- It is the failure of the diaphragmatic pinchcock to open, as in the normal deglutitory cycle, rather than a spasmodic tightness, that obstructs the food. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- The cap or diaphragm had been developed in the 1880's but its availability had been very much limited as people were kept in the dark as to its very existence.
- In the simplest case, the wires carrying the electrical signals are used to form an electromagnet which attracts and releases a metal diaphragm.
- As autozooids grew in length, the outermost diaphragms were calcified in sequence as their membranes formed.
- The diaphragm is the component that needs the most attention, as it hardens with age and could rupture.
- Methods In this retrospective study, The operation indication, result and complication fo 11 consecutive cases of artificial iris diaphragm implantation for silicone oil support eye were studied.
- Most patients succumb when the diaphragm and rib muscles become paralyzed, and breathing becomes impossible.
- This bill aims to take away the criminalised aspect of that, and it de-penalises the aspect of having evidence of safe sex on the premises - that is, condoms, sheaths, diaphragms, and lubricants.
- Avoid Clavicular Breathing and Belly Breathing -- instead, learn the proper way to breathe for singing, called diaphragmatic breathing. Dailycomic Diary Entry
- The esophagoscope encounters only the diaphragmatic pinchcock which seems to be at the top of the stomach like the puckering string at the top of a bag. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery