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tampon

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tampon/ˈtampɒn/

▶noun a plug of soft material inserted into the vagina to absorb menstrual blood.

■ Medicine a plug of material used to stop a wound or block an opening in the body and absorb blood or secretions.

▶verb (tampons, tamponing, tamponed) plug with a tampon.

– origin C19: from Fr., nasalized var. of tapon ‘plug, stopper’, ult. of Gmc origin and rel. to tap1.

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