| 单词 | vaginal plug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvaginal plug vaginal plug n. (a) a tampon or pessary inserted into the vagina to control haemorrhage from the uterus or for various other medical and non-medical purposes (now chiefly historical); (b) Zoology (in rodents and various other animals) a mass of coagulated seminal fluid formed in the female's vagina after mating. ΚΠ 1832 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 17 345 It is fortunate that we possess, when consulted in proper time, an expedient as powerful as it is simple: we mean the vaginal plug. 1895 Amer. Naturalist 29 770 Twenty to thirty hours after copulation [in mice] the vaginal plug softens and falls out. 1970 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 20 Sept. a8/6 Over the years, women have used wool soaked with various substances such as sour oil, cedar gum, and even as recently as 1943, rancid butter as a vaginal plug. 1978 Population & Devel. Rev. 4 453 Vaginal plugs and occlusive pessaries..were of wool smeared with various substances, such as myrtle oil and white lead. 2010 New Yorker 30 Aug. 70/3 He showed her how to detect vaginal plugs, the evidence of successful copulation. < as lemmas |
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