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tampon (n.)
"plug of cotton to stanch a flow of blood (especially from the vagina)," 1848, from French
tampon
, from Middle French
tampon
"plug" (see
tampion
).
Tampax
, proprietary name registered in U.S. 1932, is based on
tampon
.
