An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PESSARY
diaphragm, pessary, contraceptive diaphragm
(noun) 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® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pessary (plural 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 or cervical cap.
(medicine) A vaginal suppository.
Synonyms
• (contraceptive device): diaphragm
• (contraceptive device): cervical cap
Anagrams
• prayses
Source: Wiktionary
Pes"sa*ry, n.; pl. Pessaries. Etym: [L. pessarium, pessum, pessus, Gr. pessaire.] (Med.) (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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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