Synonyms of the word

diaphragm

• n. (anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed…
• n. (anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
• n. A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
• n. (mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into…
• n. (acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
• n. (optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light…
• n. (chemistry) A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
• n. (construction) A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, havig a sufficiently large in-plane…
• v. (optics, photography) To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
• v. To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.

contraceptive

• adj. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
• n. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less…

disc

• n. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
• n. (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
• n. Something resembling a disc.
• n. A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.

disk

• n. A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
• n. (figuratively) Something resembling a disk.
• n. (anatomy) An intervertebral disc.
• n. (dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.
• n. (computing) A floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.
• n. (computing, nonstandard) A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.
• n. (agriculture) A harrow.
• n. (botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less…
• v. (agriculture) to harrow.

membrane

• n. A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually…
• n. A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
• n. A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.

midriff

• n. The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist.

musculature

• n. The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.
• n. The structural configuration of muscle in a body or organ.

pessary

• n. A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support…
• n. (contraception) A diaphragm.
• n. (medicine) A vaginal suppository.

preventative

• adj. Alternative form of preventive.
• n. Alternative form of preventive.

preventive

• adj. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
• adj. Carried out to deter military aggression.
• adj. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
• adj. (obsolete) Going before; preceding.
• n. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
• n. (nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
• n. A contraceptive, especially a condom.

stop

• v. (intransitive) To cease moving.
• v. (intransitive) To not continue.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
• v. (transitive) To close or block an opening.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera…
• v. (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside temporarily.
• v. (intransitive) To tarry.
• v. (music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with…
• v. (obsolete) To punctuate.
• v. (nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
• n. A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually…
• n. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
• n. A device intended to block the path of a moving object.
• n. (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by…
• n. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly…
• n. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
• n. A function that halts playback or recording in devices such as videocassette and DVD player.
• n. (by extension) A button that activates the stop function.
• n. (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
• n. (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as…
• n. (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
• n. (photography) An f-stop.
• n. (engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for…
• n. (architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which…
• n. The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing…
• adv. Prone to halting or hesitation.
• interj. halt! stop!
• punct. Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.
• n. (Britain dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
• adj. (physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.