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# tampon

noun (a tampon, tampons)

«tampon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A small soft roll of cotton or similar material put inside the vagina to soak up blood during a period (menstruation). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tampon/#m1)

### In the lessons

In health and growing-up (puberty) lessons tampons, pads and period pants are explained as ways to manage periods. In everyday life they are bought in packs at shops or found in school bathrooms. Safety: change it every few hours to avoid a rare but serious illness (toxic shock syndrome).

### Examples

- Tampons and pads are kept in the school nurse's room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tampon/#x1)
- The box says to change a tampon every four to eight hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tampon/#x2)
- Some girls use pads and some use tampons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tampon/#x3)
- The shop sells tampons in different sizes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tampon/#x4)
- Free tampons are given out in some schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tampon/#x5)
- Read the leaflet inside the tampon box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tampon/#x6)

### Note

A normal, polite health word, not rude. Plural: tampons. In medicine a tampon can also be a pad used to stop bleeding elsewhere. Periods are a healthy part of growing up.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tampon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tampon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tampon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tampon.html) on Mova free.