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Suppository vs Pessary - What's the difference?

suppository | pessary |

As nouns the difference between suppository and pessary

is that suppository is a medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature while pessary is a medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.

suppository

English

Noun

(wikipedia suppository) (suppositories)
  • A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.

    • See also

    * clyster * enema * pessary

    pessary

    English

    Noun

    (pessaries)
  • A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.
  • (contraception) A diaphragm.
  • (medicine) A vaginal suppository.

    • Synonyms

    * (contraceptive device) diaphragm