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suppository
n.
solid medicinal substance which is inserted into the rectum or vagina where it dissolves
Suppository
A
suppository is a drug delivery system that is inserted into the
rectum (rectal suppository),
vagina (
vaginal suppository) or
urethra (urethral suppository), where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed into the blood stream. They are used to deliver both systemically and locally acting medications.
suppository
Noun
1. a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
(hypernym) medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Suppository
(n.)
A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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