pessary

[ UK /pˈɛsəɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
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How To Use pessary In A Sentence

  • Afterwards, as Dottie is preparing to leave, he tells her to get herself a "pessary" (this is American for a diaphragm). Fifty years of the pill
  • Sometimes urinary incontinence is so severe that medication, a device called a pessary, or surgery is the only option to get it under control. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause
  • In vivo the pessary demonstrated high contraceptive efficacy in rabbits of proven fertility.
  • A proposal was patented for a ceramic block pessary using radioactive elements such as thorium, actinium and even radium.
  • Sometimes a pessary which prevents the anteversion is efficient. Woman Her Sex and Love Life
  • A polyherbal pessary was formulated with purified ingredients from neem leaves, Sapindus mukerossi (pericarp of fruit) and Mentha citrata oil.
  • For example, a Gellhorn pessary can offer excellent support for uterine prolapse as long as the perineal body is intact.
  • Treatment may involve use of a vaginal pessary, which is a device placed in the vagina for support. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause
  • _ -- These are reliable only when carefully adjusted over the mouth of the womb, and many women find it very difficult to adjust this kind of pessary correctly; hence numbers of failures. Safe Marriage A Return to Sanity
  • In the patient with an improperly fitted ring pessary, the cervix and lower uterus can herniate through the open center of the ring and become incarcerated.
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