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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Despite the prohibition in the Hippocratic Oath, gynecological texts were replete with recipes for contraceptive and abortive suppositories.
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
She adds that you may benefit from treatment longer than the usual one-week course and compares using boric acid suppositories here to “quite a bomb at the problem.”
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2019
Microbicides, as defined by the World Health Organization, are gels, films or suppositories that can kill or neutralize viruses and bacteria.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2016
He promoted a lymphatic flow from the rest of the body by putting suppositories of chloride of sodium inside drainage-tubes in the wound.
From Leaves from a Field Note-Book by John Hartman Morgan
