单词 | tampon |
释义 | tamponn. 1. A plug or tent inserted tightly into a wound, orifice, etc., to arrest hæmorrhage, or used as a pessary (Surgery). Esp. one inserted into the vagina; now spec. one made commercially and bought to provide sanitary protection during menstruation. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > plug, pad, or swab pillowa1400 plumaciola1400 tentc1400 pulvillus?a1425 pledget?1540 spledget1563 penicillus1575 dossil1585 splint1607 plager1656 penicil1657 sindon1657 wick1658 pad1767 tampon1848 tangle-tent1879 Gamgee pad1885 plombe1904 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > sanitary protection > sanitary tampon tampon1848 Tampax1932 1848 C. D. Meigs Females & their Dis. xxxiii. 432 Having confidence in the power of the tampon to suppress such a flooding [sc. menorrhagia], I would let her go very far towards a dangerous state rather than subject her to the mortification of the surgical intervention. 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Tampon..Obstet., a less inelegant term for the plug, whether made up of portions of rag, sponge, or a silk handkerchief..in cases of hemorrhage. 1872 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women (ed. 3) 61 [To] keep the displaced and congested uterus out of the cavity of the pelvis by a tampon of medicated cotton. 1888 Sc. Leader 14 June 4/1 The new species of cannula employed..is provided with a tampon, and is constructed [so] as to prevent hæmorrhage. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 438 Tampons are pear-shaped with the thread attached to the lower end. 1921 B. M. Anspach Gynecol. xxxix. 709 Tampons are made by placing over a strip of absorbent cotton a smaller strip of lamb's wool, and binding them together. 1932 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 Mar. 1063/2 Tampax. For sanitary absorbent tampons. 1935 Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Feb. 187/1 Tampax... Sanitary absorbent tampons. 1957 T. N. A. Jeffcoate Princ. Gynaecol. xliii. 635 Proprietary tampons of various kinds are available but this method of applying antiseptics [to the vagina and cervix] is now rarely used. 1964 Which? Mar. 84/1 Medical opinion has always been divided over the use of tampons instead of external towels. 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 50 The success of the tampon is partly due to the fact that it is hidden. 1979 Guardian 27 Mar. 9/4 The tampon market is worth about £14 millions a year. Tampax has 62 per cent. 2. The dabber or inking ball used in lithography and copperplate printing. (So also in French.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > inking equipment > [noun] > inking ball pumping ball1587 ball1611 pump-ball1611 pumpet1611 pelt1683 pelt balla1828 dauber1850 dabber1854 dab1861 tampion1877 tampon1877 ink-ball1884 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > [noun] > tool to spread ink or colour dabberc1790 dab1861 tampion1877 tampon1877 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tompon, the inking-pad of the lithographic printer. 1882 G. Reid in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 701/1 [article Lithography] An engraved stone is printed by using a small wooden tapper or tampon, either round at the sides, flat below, with handle at top, or square, with the corners rounded off. Compounds tampon-screw n. an instrument used for inserting or withdrawing a tampon from a wound, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for applying medicaments > [noun] > other applicators seton-needle1672 burras-pipe1676 point1799 marsupium1842 wafer-paper1860 insufflator1872 douchebag1883 tampon-screwa1884 irrigator1887 ointment carrier1897 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 878/1 Tampon-screw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tamponv. Surgery. transitive. To fill or stop (a wound, cavity, etc.) with a tampon; to plug. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > stop haemorrhage [verb (transitive)] > by tampon or tent tent1598 tampon1860 1860 J. M. Carnochan Operat. Surg. 279 (Cent. Dict.) The hemorrhage was stopped by tamponing the bony aperture [gunshot wound in head]. 1898 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Tamponing, in Surgery the operation of plugging a wound or natural orifice with a tampon or tampons. DerivativesCategories » ˈtamponage n. ˈtamponment n. [French tamponnement] the employment or application of a tampon. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > [noun] > by tampon tamponade1890 tamponmentc1904 c1904 Encycl. Dict. Suppl. Tamponment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1848v.1860 |
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