suppository

[ suh-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
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noun,plural sup·pos·i·to·ries.
  1. a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.

Origin of suppository

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin suppositōrium, equivalent to supposi-, variant stem of suppōnere (see suppose) + -tōrium-tory1

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suppository

/ (səˈpɒzɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. med an encapsulated or solid medication for insertion into the vagina, rectum, or urethra, where it melts and releases the active substance

Origin of suppository

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C14: from Medieval Latin suppositōrium, from Latin suppositus placed beneath, from suppōnere; see suppose

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