suppository

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

noun

plural

suppositories 

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

suppository

/ -trɪ, səˈpɒzɪtərɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of suppository¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of suppository¹

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

Example Sentences

According to Le Monde newspaper, the devices were nicknamed "suppositories" by prison inmates because of their ease of concealment.

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Perhaps the alarm bells should have started ringing when he began prescribing shampoo to treat a cold, creosote for toothache or suggested patients swallow their suppositories.

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Humans have been controlling their reproduction for all of recorded history, from ancient Egyptian vaginal suppositories made of animal dung to spermicidal ointments made with cedar and olive oil employed by 4th Century Greeks.

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That she and Franklyn task themselves with rewriting the copy instead of simply asking some lackey on the marketing team to request a less geriatric word for “suppository” is a colossal waste of their time.

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It comes in vape pens, nasal sprays, dissolvable sublingual tablets, rectal or vaginal suppositories, skin creams and much more.

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