suppository

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

/ səˈpɒz ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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noun, plural sup·pos·i·to·ries.

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

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Origin of suppository

1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin suppositōrium, equivalent to supposi-, variant stem of suppōnere (see suppose) + -tōrium-tory¹

Words nearby suppository

supposing, supposition, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive, suppository, suppress, suppressant, suppressed, suppressed carrier modulation, suppression

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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|DAILY BEAST
As a rule, the needle had better not be used, but a suppository given.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
It seems inartistic and sordid to insert a pessary or a suppository in anticipation of the sexual act.
Family Limitation|Margaret Sanger
When for two to three feet the lower bowel requires nourishment, a suppository night and morning is prescribed!
Intestinal Ills|Alcinous Burton Jamison

Make 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.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various

British Dictionary definitions for suppository

suppository

/ (səˈpɒzɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

noun plural -ries

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

Word Origin for suppository

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

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