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Pessary

noun

(pl. pessaries)

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. Synonyms: contraceptive diaphragm, diaphragm.

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... or chronic inflammation of the womb, or the vagina, or both. It usually results from injuries sustained in calving or from irritation by putrid matters in connection with retained afterbirth, or from the use of some object in the vagina (pessary) to prevent eversion of the womb. Exposure to cold or other cause of disturbance of the health may affect an organ so susceptible as this at the time of parturition so as ...

— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture

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