cervical cap

1. 1.

   a contraceptive device consisting of a small thimble-shaped cup that is placed over the uterine cervix to prevent the entrance of spermatozoa

   Broadercontraceptive

Questions about cervical cap

What does cervical cap mean?

cervical cap means "a contraceptive device consisting of a small thimble-shaped cup that is placed over the uterine cervix to prevent the entrance of spermatozoa".

Is cervical cap a common word?

cervical cap is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.