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

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  1. n. An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.
  2. n. A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.
  3. n. 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
  4. (a) An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition. (b) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.
  5. n 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