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Noun: suppository  su'pó-zi,to-ree [N. Amer], su'pó-zi-t(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. A small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
    "The doctor prescribed a suppository to reduce her fever"

Derived forms: suppositories

Type of: med [informal], medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

Encyclopedia: Suppository