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Suppository

Suppository Meaning & Definition
Suppository Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Suppository?

[n] a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts

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See Also | medicament | medication | medicinal drug | medicine

Suppository In Webster's Dictionary

\Sup*pos"i*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Suppositories}. [LL. suppositorium, fr. L. suppositorius that is placed underneath: cf. F. suppositoire. See {Supposition}.] (Med.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.

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