See Also: pessary(dictionary)
pessary(dictionary)
Pessary(health)
pessary(medicine)
ring pessary(medicine)
pessary corpuscle(medicine)
pessary cell(medicine)
diaphragm pessary(medicine)
cube pessary(medicine)
Menge's pessary(medicine)

maternity (iou) and Pessary (health)


maternity (iou)



maternity noun & adjective. E17.
[French maternite from medieval Latin maternitas, from Latin maternus: see -ITY.]
A. noun.
The quality or condition of being a mother; motherhood. E17.
S. Kitzinger She feels tied down by maternity and domesticity.
The qualities or conduct characteristic of a mother; motherliness. E19.
H. Drummond The tender maternity of the bird.
A maternity ward or hospital. L19.
b. attrib. adjective.
For a woman during and just after Childbirth. L19.
maternity benefit, maternity hospital, maternity leave, etc.
Of a garment etc.: suitable for a pregnant woman. L19.
maternity dress, maternity wear, etc.

Pessary (health)


Rubber or plastic device that is inserted through the vagina to help hold the uterus in place in women who have prolapse of the uterus.