suppository
pronunciation
How to pronounce suppository in British English:
UK [səˈpɒzətri]
How to pronounce suppository in American English:
US [səˈpɑzətɔri]
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- Noun:
- a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
Word Origin
- suppository (n.)
- late 14c., from Medieval Latin suppositorium "a suppository," noun use of neuter of Late Latin adjective suppositorius "placed underneath or up," from Latin suppositus, past participle of supponere "put or place under" (see suppose).
Example
- 1. It 's because taiisu-san gave me the suppository .
- 2. Observation of curative effects of morphine postoperative analgesia enhanced by indomethacin suppository .
- 3. Objective : to establish an identification for funing suppository .
- 4. How do I use this suppository ?
- 5. The gestation initial stage usage vagina suppository has effect or not .