: a wad of absorbent material (as of cotton) introduced into a body cavity or canal usually to absorb secretions (as from menstruation) or to arrest hemorrhaging
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Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
Allusions to the royal family’s bloody colonial past, Charles and Camilla’s infamous tampon scandal and the family’s current woes, including the king’s recent cancer diagnosis, ran rampant.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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This rule enables women to compare the absorbency of one brand and style of tampons with the absorbency of other brands and styles.
—Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
Allusions to the royal family’s bloody colonial past, Charles and Camilla’s infamous tampon scandal and the family’s current woes, including the king’s recent cancer diagnosis, ran rampant.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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“Tampon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tampon. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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tampon
1 of 2 noun
tam·pon
ˈtam-ˌpän 
: a wad of absorbent material (as cotton) introduced into a body cavity or canal usually to absorb secretions (as from menstruation) or to arrest hemorrhaging
tampon
2 of 2 transitive verb
: to place or insert a tampon into
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