suppository
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of suppository
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin suppositōrium, equivalent to supposi-, variant stem of suppōnere ( see suppose) + -tōrium -tory 1
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By Wednesday evening, only three boxes of generic ibuprofen chewables, two boxes of generic acetaminophen chewables and six boxes of suppository acetaminophen remained.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
If you do, you'll be given an antifungal prescription like fluconazole, or told to purchase an over-the-counter cream or ointment, or a suppository that's inserted into the vagina.
From US News ● Dec. 22, 2015
He said: "No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom."
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2013
And so I pushed myself, learned to eat and dress and steady a suppository in spastic fingers, to sit and stand and walk.
From Slate ● May 1, 2013
Tea brewed from the leaves, or the sap taken orally, or a silphion suppository, was said to prevent conception and/or induce abortion.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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
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.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2023
Despite the prohibition in the Hippocratic Oath, gynecological texts were replete with recipes for contraceptive and abortive suppositories.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 11, 2020
Before leaving this subject I will add a word or two about the use of suppositories and lavements in infancy and childhood.
From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by West, Charles
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