suppository
nounUK /səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/ · US /səˈpɑzɪˌtɔɹi/
Etymology From 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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Medicine, Sciences 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.
- rectal suppository
- vaginal suppository
1 more example
- He's smoother than a suppository, only his suppositories contain dynamite.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 372:
- Related terms
- depository, depot, repository, supposition, suppositor, buttplug, clyster, enema