Lexic.us

Definition of Tampon

1. Verb. Plug with a tampon.

2. Noun. Plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood).

Definition of Tampon

1. n. A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.

2. v. t. To plug with a tampon.

Definition of Tampon

1. Noun. A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation. ¹

2. Noun. A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum. ¹

3. Noun. An inking pad used in lithographic printing. ¹

4. Verb. (medicine) To plug a wound with a tampon or compress ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tampon

1. to plug with a cotton pad [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Tampon

1. A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine. To plug with a tampon. Origin: F. See Tampion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tampon

tampered tamperer tamperers tampering tamperproof tampers tampicolic acid tamping tamping bar tamping iron

tampings tampion tampions tampoe tampoes tamponade tamponades tamponage tamponed tamponing

tampoon tampoons tamps tams tamsulosin tamworth tamworths tan

Literary usage of Tampon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1892)
"Additional testimony as to the value of the tampon of iodoform gauze in ... In 49 cases in which the tampon was used, better results were obtained than by ..."

2. Obstetrics: The Science and the Art by Charles Delucena Meigs (1856)
"tampon.—But among the various means of putting an end to troublesome hemorrhage, I ought to name the tampon, or plug. This tampon may be composed of a ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1880)
"The tampon.—Had Sims's method of uterine examination done nothing else than lead to the proper method of using the vaginal tampon, it would have done by ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1888)
"place, he presses the lever down, bringing the paper in c< with the plate, forces the India-rubber-tipped tampon upon the character with such force as to ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1901)
"If the operator purposes applying an antiseptic or astringent powder, the tampon, after being covered with vaseline, may be rolled in the powder and then ..."

6. Obstetrics, the science and the art by Charles Delucena Meigs (1867)
"tampon.—But among the various means of putting an end to troublesome hemorrhage, I ought to name the tampon, or plug. This tampon may be composed of a ..."

7. Moral problems in hospital practice by Patrick A. Finney (1922)
"mitted, the death of the fetus, resulting from the abortion, and consequently, to use the tampon under the circumstances is not morally justifiable. ..."

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