n :  a plug (as of cotton) introduced into a cavity usu. to absorb secretions (as from menstruation) or to arrest hemorrhaging
, vt :  to plug with a tampon .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  tam·pan  tympani  tym·pa·ny 
 
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