suppository
A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity,…A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.
» The nurse gave me a suppository.
Meaning
1 sensesA medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.
rectal suppository
vaginal suppository
Zäpfchen, Zapferl
суппозиторийsuppozitorij, свеча́svečá
a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
Examples
5 sentencesThe nurse gave me a suppository.
This pill is taken as a suppository.
Many people are not comfortable with suppository medicine.
I just put myself on a suppository to bring my fever down.
Let's suppose a suppository.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English suppositorie, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin suppositōrium, frFrom Middle English suppositorie, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin suppositōrium, from Late Latin, neuter of suppositōrius (“placed beneath”), from Latin suppōnō (“to put under”).
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Forms
plural: suppositories| Singular | suppository |
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regular