suppository
Americannoun
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suppositories
plural
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
Even without the help of Roman’s suggested Tabasco suppository, he was returning to his old rhino self.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2021
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
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
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
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
Soluble Suppositories.—Generally speaking, the soluble quinine pessaries or suppositories which are sold in the shops are unreliable.
From Safe Marriage A Return to Sanity by William Arbuthnot Lane
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