suppository
noun
a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
suppositories
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pluralof suppository.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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According to Le Monde newspaper, the devices were nicknamed "suppositories" by prison inmates because of their ease of concealment.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
But then there’s the level where you have to start using suppositories because you can’t keep pills down.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2024
For example, in Aëtius of Amida’s sixth-century medical treatise, the author details the use of contraceptive vaginal suppositories, elaborating on the improvements to the recipe from Soranus’s time.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 11, 2020
Kinder ™ egg suppositories are already responsible for a greater flow of goods annually than the government’s botched Brexit ferry scheme.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2019
After some little experience of it in ointments and suppositories, I believe it deodorises these—an important advantage.
From Safe Marriage A Return to Sanity by William Arbuthnot Lane
