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Definition: Suppository |
SuppositoryNoun1. A small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Suppository \Sup*pos"i*to*ry\, noun; plural Suppositories. [from Late Latin expression suppositorium, from the Latin expression suppositorius that is placed underneath: compare to the French expression suppositoire. See Supposition.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Botanical | A solid medication to insert in any cavity other than the mouth. Theobroma. (references) |
Health | A medicated mass adapted for introduction into the rectal, vaginal, or urethral orifice of the body, suppository bases are solid at room temperature but melt or dissolve at body temperature. Commonly used bases are cocoa butter, glycerinated gelatin, hydrogenated vegetable oils, polyethylene glycols of various molecular weights, and fatty acid esters of polyethylene glycol. (references) |
Medicine | A small cone-shaped medicament having cocoa butter or gelatin at its basis and usually intended for the treatment of local conditions in the rectum. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Medicine, physic, Galenicals, simples, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription, potion, draught, dose, pill, bolus, injection, infusion, drip, suppository, electuary; linctus, lincture; medicament; pharmacon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Suppository |
| English words defined with "suppository": Suppositories. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "suppository": Ceftizoxime. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Here's a seven point suppository. (The Enforcer; writing credit: Harry Julian Fink; Rita M. Fink) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Ask your doctor about prescribing a vaginal cream or suppository to reduce the chances of infection. (references) | |
They can be given orally, intravenously, through an enema, or in a suppository, depending on the location of the inflammation. (references) | ||
MDMA is usually taken orally in pill form, but snorting has been reported in Atlanta and Chicago, as has injecting in Atlanta, and anal suppository use in Chicago. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Suppository" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Suppository" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "suppository"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | supozitor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فتيلة (priming, wick), تحميلة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | супозиторий, свещичка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 塞剂 (Suppositories). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | èípek (cervix, pin, plug, suppositious, uvula). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | suppositorium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | suppositorium, zetpil, bougie (plug, spark plug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | شیاف(طب), شیاف طبی , شاف , دوای مقعدی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | peräpuikko (suppositorium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | suppositoire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zäpfchen (small plug, suppositories, uvula, uvulas), suppositorium (capsule, suppositorium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπόθετο (capsule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פתיל", רון. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | végbélkúp, kúp (cone), fogamzásgátló hüvelylabdacs. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | suppositorio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 座薬 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ざやく. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 좌약 (Suppositories). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gah (dart, prong, sting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uppositorysay supositório (bougie). (various references) суппозиторий, свечка. (various references) supozitorija. (various references) supositorio (suppositional, supposititious). (various references) stolpiller (bougie). (various references) vajinal tablet, fitil (candlewick, cord, detonator, flute, fuse, fuze, piping, portfire, rib, Seton, Wick). (various references) супозиторій, свічка (candle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Suppository" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: supository. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "suppository" (pronounced 'Sup*pos"i*to*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-o-o-p-p-r-s-s-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: propositus. | |
-2 letters: proptosis. | |
-3 letters: isospory, isotropy, porosity, pyritous, ripstops, supports. | |
-4 letters: isotopy, purists, pyrosis, riotous, riposts, ripstop, soursop, sprouts, stroppy, stupors, suitors, support, tsooris, tsouris, uproots, upstirs. | |
-5 letters: pooris, porous, posits, poyous, prissy, prosit, prosos, ptosis, purist, purity, pyosis, ripost, roosts, rousts, sirups, sirupy, situps, sopors, spirts, spoors, sports, sporty, spouts, sprits, sprout, spurts, stirps. | |
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