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Definition: Pessary |
PessaryNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pessary" was first used: 1392. (references) |
Etymology: Pessary \Pes"sa*ry\, noun; plural Pessaries. [Latin expression pessarium, pessum, pessus: compare to the French expression pessaire.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | 1. an instrument placed in the vagina to support the uterus or rectum or as a contraceptive device. 2. a medicated vaginal suppository. (references) |
Medicine | A circular rubber pessary. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PessarySynonyms: contraceptive diaphragm (n), diaphragm (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pessary |
| English words defined with "pessary": Nascal ♦ Pessaries. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pessary": pessulum, pessum ♦ ring pessary ♦ Smith pessary. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | ERT may be used alone, with a pessary, or before and after surgery. (references) | |
Your doctor can place a special device called a pessary (PESS-uh-ree) in the vagina. (references) | ||
If you use a pessary, you should watch for possible vaginal and urinary tract infections and see your doctor regularly. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pessary" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pessary" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pessary": ring pessary ♦ Smith pessary. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pessary | 92 |
pessary ring | 6 |
vaginal pessary | 3 |
donut pessary | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pessary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | песарий, песар. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 子宫托 (Pessaries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pessar (pessulum, pessum, ring pessary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pessarium (pessulum, pessum, ring pessary, vault cap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pessaire (m), pessaire (pessulum, pessum, ring pessary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pessar (cap, diaphragm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πεσσός (pessulum, pessum, ring pessary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | méhgyûrû. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pessario (pessulum, pessum, ring pessary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ペスト菌 (pedal, pedantic, pedantism, pedantry, pet, PET bottle, pet name, petticoat, petticoat government, petting, petunia, plague bacillus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ペッサリー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | pessree. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | essarypay pessário (pessimism), pessário, muito desagradável. (various references) pesar. (various references) маточное кольцо, пессарий. (various references) pesar. (various references) pesario (pessulum, pessum, ring pessary). (various references) pessar (diaphragm, dutch cap), vagitorium. (various references) rahim ağzına yerleştirilen araç. (various references) песарій. (various references) vòng nâng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | pessarion. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "pessary" (pronounced 'Pes"sa*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-p-r-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: aspers, parses, passer, payers, prases, repass, repays, resays, sayers, spares, sparse, spears, sprays. | |
-2 letters: apers, apery, apres, apses, arses, asper, essay, eyras, pares, parse, pases, passe, payer, pears, prase, prays, presa, press, preys, pyres, rapes, rases, rasps, raspy, reaps, repay, resay, sayer, sears, spaes, spare, spars, spays, spear, spray, years. | |
-3 letters: aery, aper. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-p-r-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: apyrases, parsleys, passerby, resprays, sparsely, sprayers. | |
+2 letters: caryopses, papyruses, paralyses, passersby, pyranoses, spymaster. | |
+3 letters: clepsydras, dispensary, erysipelas, expressway, horseplays, laypersons, paraphyses, paymasters, pityriases, redisplays, skyscraper, spymasters, strathspey, sympatries, syncarpies. | |
+4 letters: aepyornises, antipyreses, antipyresis, caryopsides, chrysoprase, cyberspaces, expressways, hydrospaces, hyperspaces, panegyrists, pelycosaurs, polymerases, presbyopias, pyranosides, pyrolysates, saprophytes, screenplays, skyscrapers, strathspeys, superalloys. | |
+5 letters: bathyspheres, chrysoprases, dispensatory, erysipelases, handypersons, horseplayers, hypermnesias, hyperplasias, persuasively, polysorbates, psychiatries, seismography, superlawyers, superplayers, swordplayers, sympathizers, trypanosomes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 73 73 61 72 79 |
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