CONTRACEPTIVE DIAPHRAGM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contraceptive diaphragm mean? 

• CONTRACEPTIVE DIAPHRAGM (noun)
  The noun CONTRACEPTIVE DIAPHRAGM has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CONTRACEPTIVE DIAPHRAGM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTRACEPTIVE DIAPHRAGM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

contraceptive diaphragm; diaphragm; pessary

Hypernyms ("contraceptive diaphragm" is a kind of...):

birth control device; contraceptive; contraceptive device; preventative; preventive; prophylactic device (an agent or device intended to prevent conception)