applicatorful

English

Etymology

applicator +‎ -ful

Noun

applicatorful (plural applicatorfuls)

1. The amount that will fill an applicator
   • 1992, The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: A Book by and for Women‎^[1], Boston Women's Health Book Collective:

     "When using with a condom, put an applicatorful of spermicide inside the vagina before sexual intercourse"

   • 2002, Ellen Pall, Corpse de Ballet: A Nine Muses Mystery: Terpsichore‎^[2]:

     "Another phone call informed her that there was indeed a dance collection of such files, too; an hour later (pausing only long enough to use an applicatorful of the newly delivered Monistat), and the hell with whether you were supposed to star horizontal."

   • 2002, Kevin J. Knoop, Atlas of Emergency Medicine‎^[3]:

     "For candidal vaginitis, various regimens of topical antifungal agents are the mainstay of treatment (clotrimazole 1% cream, one applicatorful inserted high into the vaginal vault for 7 nights, clotrimazole, two 100-mg vaginal tablets for 3 nights or one 500-mg vaginal tablet for single-dose treatment)."

   • 2003, Helen Varney, Varney's midwifery‎^[4]:

     "If coitus does not take place within 60 minutes of insertion of the spermicidal preparation, insert another applicatorful before sexual intercourse if contraception is desired."