| Gariel's pessary | A hollow inflatable rubber pessary made in the form of a ring or a pear. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Mayer's pessary | An elastic ring pessary. Synonym: Mayer's pessary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Menge's pessary | A ring pessary with a central horizontal bar into which a detachable handle is inserted. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ring pessary | A ring of rubber, plastic, or metal in which the cervix rests; designed to support the uterus and to correct prolapse of that organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pessary | 1. <apparatus> An instrument placed in the vagina to support the uterus or rectum or as a contraceptive device. 2. <pharmacology> A medicated vaginal suppository. Origin: L. Pessarium (18 Nov 1997) |
| pessary cell | A red blood cell in which the haemoglobin has disappeared from the centre, leaving only the periphery visible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pessary corpuscle | An elongated red blood cell with haemoglobin concentrated in the peripheral portion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cube pessary | Plastic or rubber pessary in a cube shape particularly suitable for elderly women with uterine prolapse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hodge's pessary | <gynaecology> A double-curve oblong pessary employed for the correction of retrodeviations of the uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragm pessary | A ring with a covered opening, used as a platform to support uterus, bladder, or rectum, or to prevent conception. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dumontpallier's pessary | An elastic ring pessary. Synonym: Mayer's pessary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blood transfusion, intrauterine | Transfusion of rh-negative blood into the peritoneal cavity of an unborn infant in the treatment of foetal erythroblastosis (erythroblastosis, foetal) in utero. (12 Dec 1998) |
| contraceptive device, intrauterine | A device inserted into the uterus (womb) to prevent conception (pregnancy). The IUD can be a coil, loop, triangle, or T in shape made of plastic or metal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| intrauterine | In the uterus (the womb). (12 Dec 1998) |
| intrauterine amputation | Amputation produced in utero; attributed to the pressure of constricting bands (amniotic); autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: amniotic amputation, amputation, birth amputation, intrauterine amputation, spontaneous amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |