suppository

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

zetpil

suppo

suppositoir

suppositorium

Synoniemen

purgative taper

Vertalingen

Zäpfchen

supposta

suppositoire

supositorio

Suppositorium

supositório

supositori

υπόθετο

suppositorio

fitil

ugola

supozituvar

تحميل

تلبيس

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: 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”).