pessary

Significado (Inglés)

1. A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.
2. A diaphragm or cervical cap.
3. A vaginal suppository.

Conceptos

pesario

contraceptivo

supositorio vaginal

Sinónimos

diaphragm

contraceptive diaphragm

chessman

pessulum

cervical cap

hysterophore

Traducciones

pessaire

pessarium

pessario

candeletta vaginale

pessário

Pessar

l’utérus

Pessaire

ovulo

diaframma

supposta vaginale

vrouwenring

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɛsəɹi/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English pessarie, from Old French pessaire, from Latin pessarium.