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Meanings of contraceptive diaphragm in English

Portuguese
diafragma
Catalan
diafragma

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.

diafragma
Synonyms
Examples for "diaphragm"
Examples for "diaphragm"
1
The diaphragm and the speaking tube were the great sources of error.
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 / Containing Sixteen Exp...
2
Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between liver tumor motion and diaphragm motion.
Pubmed
3
Find the esophagus where it penetrates the diaphragm and joins the stomach.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools
4
Autopsy.-Baseof left lung adherent to diaphragm and costal pleura; lung hardened.
Cattle and Their Diseases / Embracing Their History and Breeds, ...
5
We conclude that CMV had a detrimental effect on diaphragm contractile properties.
Pubmed
1
Mackey reports the removal of a glass pessary after fifty-five years' incarceration.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
2
It's not actually a tampon; it's a pessary containing cannabis oil.
The Guardian
3
Forty patients receiving pessary were matched with 40 controls without pessary.
Pubmed
4
Pinet mentions a pessary that remained in situ for twenty-five years.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
5
I don't suppose anyone's even shown you how to make a pessary yet?
Oracle's Queen
Translations for contraceptive diaphragm
Portuguese
diafragma
Catalan
diafragma