First Known Use: 14th century
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suppository
noun sup·pos·i·to·ry \sə-ˈpä-zə-ˌtȯr-ē\
medical : a small piece of solid medicine that is placed in the rectum or vagina and left there to dissolve
plural sup·pos·i·to·ries
Full Definition of SUPPOSITORY
: a solid but readily meltable cone or cylinder of usually medicated material for insertion into a bodily passage or cavity (as the rectum)
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Origin of SUPPOSITORY
Middle English suppositorie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin suppositorium, from Late Latin, neuter of suppositorius placed beneath, from Latin supponere to put under
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suppository
noun sup·pos·i·to·ry \sə-ˈpäz-ə-ˌtōr-ē, -ˌtȯr-\
plural sup·pos·i·to·ries
Medical Definition of SUPPOSITORY
: a solid but readily meltable cone or cylinder of usually medicated material for insertion into a bodily passage or cavity (as the rectum, vagina, or urethra)
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