suppository

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

purgative taper

Traducciones

Frecuencia

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/
Etimología (Inglés)

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”).

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