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Pessary Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Pessary has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
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

2

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
contraceptive
Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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