suppository

Significat (Anglès)

A medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity, especially the rectum, vagina or urethra, where it melts at body temperature.

Conceptes

supositori

Sinònims

purgative taper

Traduccions

suppositoire

Zäpfchen

supposta

supositorio

zetpil

Suppositorium

supositório

suppositoir

suppositorio

υπόθετο

suppo

fitil

suppositorium

ugola

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: suppositorie

In summary

From Middle English suppositorie, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin suppositorium, from Late Latin, neuter of suppositorius (“placed beneath”), from Latin supponere (“to put under”).