suppository : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: suppository	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for suppository
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppository n a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suppository \Suppos"ito*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.