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suppository

[ suh-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural sup·pos·i·to·ries.

a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.

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

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

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

Alan: Are you supposed to do this up your nose or is this a suppository?

As a rule, the needle had better not be used, but a suppository given.

It seems inartistic and sordid to insert a pessary or a suppository in anticipation of the sexual act.

When for two to three feet the lower bowel requires nourishment, a suppository night and morning is prescribed!

Make a suppository and insert night: Cocaine hydrochlorate, two grains; ext.

Opium given by the mouth or in suppository in equivalent quantity does not act with anything like the same efficacy.

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