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diaphragm (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin; Origin: diaphragma, from Greek diaphrassein 'to make a fence across, block']
the muscle that is between your lungs and your stomach, and that you use when you breathe
a round rubber object that a woman can put inside her vagina to stop her from getting pregnant
technical a thin round object, especially in a telephone or loudspeaker, that is moved by sound or that moves when it produces sound
technical a round flat part inside a camera that controls the amount of light that enters the camera