Diaphragm Synonyms

dīə-frăm
A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. stop
(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. midriff
A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pessary
  2. contraceptive diaphragm

Words Related to Diaphragm

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Diaphragm Sentence Examples

  • These blocks were fastened to a diaphragm of wood.

  • The right surface of the liver is covered with peritoneum and is in contact with the diaphragm, outside which are the pleura and lower ribs.

  • The anterior surface is in contact with the diaphragm and the anterior abdominal wall.

  • The strain gage pressure transducer involves movement of a diaphragm with changes in pressure.

  • Hence, when the undulating telephonic currents were made to pass through the apparatus, the constant variation of the friction of the spring caused the deflexions of the diaphragm to vary in unison with the variation of the electric The extreme smallness of the magnets which might be successfully employed was first demonstrated by Professor Peirce of Brown University, Providence, R.I.

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