vaginal ring

English

Alternative forms

• VR (initialism)

Noun

vaginal ring (plural vaginal rings)

1. (medicine) A device consisting of a flexible ring held in the vagina which provides a controlled release of drugs, typically used for contraception.
   • 2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Inequality, research shows, [is why] we still see Aids-related deaths in an era when we have all the antiretrovirals, HIV prevention pills, vaginal rings, injections and harm-reduction plans needed to end the pandemic.

Translations

contraception device

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陰道環／阴道环 (yīndàohuán)

• Finnish: ehkäisyrengas
• French: anneau vaginal m
• German: Vaginalring m
• Romanian: inel vaginal n