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διάφραγμα

Pronunciation: /ˈði̯a.fɾaɣ.ma/

“διάφραγμα” is a Greek word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. diaphragm (any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another)
  2. diaphragm (sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen)
  3. septum
  4. diaphragm (a flexible membrane separating two chambers)
  5. diaphragm (in a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound)
  6. diaphragm (a thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device)
  7. diaphragm (a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διάφραγμα (diáphragma) with semantic loan from French diaphragme for non-anatomical technical senses and English diaphragm for the contraceptive device.

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