Suppository Definition

sə-pŏzĭ-tôrē
suppositories
noun
A small piece of medicated substance, usually conical, ovoid, or cylindrical, introduced into a body passage, as the rectum or vagina, where body heat causes it to melt.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Suppository

Noun

Singular:
suppository
Plural:
suppositories

Origin of Suppository

  • Middle English from Old French suppositorie from Medieval Latin suppositōrium from Late Latin neuter of suppositōrius placed under from Latin suppositus past participle of suppōnere to put under suppose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English suppositorie, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin suppositorium, from Late Latin, neuter of suppositorius (“placed beneath"), from Latin supponere (“to put under")

    From Wiktionary

Suppository Sentence Examples

  • Some sufferers from constipation find that they get greater relief from salts dissolved in water, or from natural aperient water taken on rising in the morning, and others again find that the best way of opening the bowels is to inject one or two drachms of glycerine into the rectum, or use it as a suppository.

  • If you feel your body wanting to push the suppository out, try to resist.

  • While most drugs are taken by mouth (orally) some are given by suppository or by injection.

  • If motions are hard and difficult to void, try inserting a glycerol suppository to reduce straining.

  • Gently but firmly push the suppository into the rectum, pointed end first.

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