suppository

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

suppositoire

luette

Synonymes

purgative taper

Traductions

supposta

Zäpfchen

supositorio

Suppositorium

zetpil

supositório

supositori

suppositoir

υπόθετο

suppositorio

suppo

fitil

suppositorium

ugola

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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”).