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pessaryn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pessarie, pessaire; Latin pessarium. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pessarie, peissare, pesaire, passere, pessaire, pessare, and Middle French, French pessaire a suppository applied in gynaecology (13th cent.), a device used to support a displaced uterus (1743) and its etymon post-classical Latin pessarium medicated plug, especially one inserted into the vagina (c400) < classical Latin pessum , pessus medicated plug ( < ancient Greek πεσσός (Attic πεττός ) an oval stone used in playing a game like draughts, in Hellenistic Greek also a medicated plug, from its shape; of unknown origin) + -ārium -ary suffix1. Compare Hellenistic Greek πεσσάριον (Galen).Ancient Greek πεσσός has a rare plural πεσσά , as if < a neuter form πεσσόν , beside the expected πεσσοί (compare the neuter gender of Latin pessum ). The Middle English form pessarijs (see β. forms) is apparently after the Latin ablative plural, the form pessaria after the Latin nominative plural. Medicine. the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > suppositories, etc. > [noun] a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 339 (MED) A mundificatif may be..a medicyn..þat is putt in bineþe wiþ a clisterie ouþer wiþ a pessarie [L. pessario] for to make clene a mannes lymes wiþinne. ?a1450 tr. Macer (Stockh.) (1949) 175 (MED) Ðis herbe wole dryve oute of a woman here dede childe, if gose grese be..medled with [it], and þan þei be set vnder þe cunte as it were a pessarie. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in f. 114 (MED) If þe siknesse..be in ony hid place putte it yn wiþ a pessarie or with a clisterie and þanne stoppe þat place wiþ cotoun. 1562 W. Turner f. 25v The floures of the wilde grape..are good to put in pessaries to stanche blode. 1654 M. Stevenson 40 To cure you of your maiden head. Which should you but a while retaine, A pessarie would come in vaine. 1681 (Royal Soc.) No. 2. 18 I thought I had sufficiently arm'd my Senses against it,..my Ears with Cotton, my Nose with Pessaries, my mouth with Sponges, all dipt in Vinegars and Treacles. 1718 J. Quincy 113 It is..used outwardly in the Form of a Pessary. 1860 T. H. Tanner iii. 137 A very efficient medicated pessary. 1957 T. N. A. Jeffcoate xxxviii. 583 Some pessaries dissolve to form a ‘foam’ which creates a mechanical barrier between the spermatozoa and the cervix. 1973 B. Law ii. 44 Pessaries, vagitories and foaming tablets are other forms in which spermicides are presented. 2002 23 Jan. 18/3 Your GP..will probably prescribe an anti-fungal cream or pessary such as clotrimoxazole (Canesten). the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [noun] > instruments for correcting displacements > specifically of the womb the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > contraception or birth control > [noun] > a contraceptive > placed in the vagina or uterus 1701 tr. C. G. Le Clerc 68 A great Pessary to be introduced with the Hand, into the Neck of the Womb after it is reduced into its place. 1754–64 W. Smellie I. 418 Different kinds of pessaries..of a triangular, quadrangular, oval, or circular shape. 1805 14 98 A case of Prolapsus Uteri, in which the sponge pessary seems to have a decided and manifest superiority. 1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne 556 Pessaries..some..are called vaginal pessaries; the others, called uterine pessaries. 1886 H. A. Allbutt (ed. 2) vii. 48 Dr. Mensinga, of Flensburg, has invented a preventive pessary, to be worn by the woman, which..will,..properly adjusted, be a real preventive of conception. 1922 19 Aug. 327/2 The woman should be temporarily sterilized by compulsion..—for example, by the insertion of the spring wish-bone pessary. 1935 H. B. Whitehouse (ed. 4) 211 Of mechanical devices to prevent conception three are in common use to-day, the male sheath or condom..,the female vaginal occlusive pessary..,and the cervical cap pessary. 1958 (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) xxii. 261 Vaginal douche... It is usually given for cleaning purposes when there is a vaginal discharge, or if the patient is wearing a supporting vaginal pessary. 1991 J. Sachs viii. 104 Some doctors use a pessary, a kind of rubber doughnut that fits around the cervix to hold the organs in place. 1993 49 15 The cervical cap and the diaphragm are examples of occlusive pessaries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.a1400 |
