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medical device

pessary

1. an instrument that fits into the VAGINA to treat a PROLAPSE . 2. a soft solid substance that is shaped for insertion into the vagina and contains drugs for some gynaecological disorder (also used for inducing LABOUR ).

Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug pessary