pessary

Any of various devices worn in the vagina to support or correct the position of the uterus or rectum.

A contraceptive diaphragm.

A medicated vaginal suppository.

In medicine, an instrument made, in various forms, of elastic or rigid materials, and worn in the vagina to remedy various uterine displacements.

An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.

A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.

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

A diaphragm.

A vaginal suppository.

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