suppository
a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
Origin of suppository
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How to use suppository in a sentence
Alan: Are you supposed to do this up your nose or is this a suppository?
Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood & More Original MTV VJs Tell All | Melissa Leon | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a rule, the needle had better not be used, but a suppository given.
Psychotherapy | James J. WalshIt seems inartistic and sordid to insert a pessary or a suppository in anticipation of the sexual act.
Family Limitation | Margaret SangerWhen for two to three feet the lower bowel requires nourishment, a suppository night and morning is prescribed!
Intestinal Ills | Alcinous Burton JamisonMake a suppository and insert night: Cocaine hydrochlorate, two grains; ext.
Searchlights on Health | B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols
Opium given by the mouth or in suppository in equivalent quantity does not act with anything like the same efficacy.
British Dictionary definitions for suppository
/ (səˈpɒzɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /
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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