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n. 1. a plastic device, often ring-shaped, that fits into the vagina and keeps the uterus in position: used to treat *prolapse. The usual type is a ring pessary but occasionally a Hodge pessary is used. 2. (vaginal suppository) a plug or cylinder of cocoa butter or some other soft material containing a drug that is fitted into the vagina for the treatment of gynaecological disorders (e.g. vaginitis) or for the induction of labour (a Prostin pessary containing prostaglandin).... pessary
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