suppository


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
suppository/səˈpɒzətri/
noun (pl. suppositories) a solid medical preparation in a conical or cylindrical shape, designed to dissolve after insertion into the rectum or vagina.
– origin ME: from med. L. suppositorium, neut. of late L. suppositorius ‘placed underneath’.
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