Look up: suppository

1. suppository
   [n] - a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
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2. Suppository
   A type of medication designed to encourage bowel movements. They are in a solid form and are inserted up the anus into the rectum (bowel).
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3. Suppository
   A suppository is a way of giving drugs so they can be absorbed by the lining of the back passage (rectum). The drugs are inside a soft, waxy substance that is often torpedo shaped. You slip the suppository into the back passage, from where the drug is absorbed. This is a fast way of getting drugs...
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4. Suppository
   a solid cone or bullet-shaped object made up of a chemically inactive substance and a drug that is inserted into the rectum or vagina; used to administer a drug
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5. suppository
   a small cone-shaped medicament having cocoa butter or gelatin at its basis and usually intended for the treatment of local conditions in the rectum Category: Medicine
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6. Suppository
   Sup·pos'i·to·ry noun ; plural Suppositories . [ Late Latin suppositorium , from Latin suppositorius that is placed underneath: confer French suppositoire . See Supposition .] (Medicine) A pill or bol...
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7. suppository
   <pharmacology> A medicated mass adapted for introduction into the rectal, vaginal or urethral orifice of the body, suppository bases are solid at room temperature but melt or dissolve at body temperature. ... Commonly used bases are cocoa butter, glycerinated gelatin, hydrogenated vegetable oi...
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8. suppository
   noun a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
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9. suppository
   (sә-poz´ĭ-tor-e) an easily fusible medicated mass for introduction into the rectum, urethra, or vagina.
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10. Suppository
    • (n.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.
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11. suppository
    (from the article `pharmaceutical industry`) ...Lozenges usually consist of a mixture of sugar and either gum or gelatin, which are compressed to form a solid mass. Lozenges are designed to ...
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12. suppository
    (L. suppositorium) a medicated mass adapted for introduction into the rectal, vaginal, or urethral orifice of the body, suppository bases are solid at room temperature but melt or dissolve at body temperature. Commonly used bases are cocoa butter, glycerinated gelatin, hydrogenated vegetable oils, p...
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13. Suppository
    A suppository is a drug delivery system that is inserted into the rectum (rectal suppository), vagina (vaginal suppository) or urethra (urethral suppository), where it dissolves or melts. They are used to deliver both systemically-acting and locally-acting medications. The alternative term for deli...
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14. suppository
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sŭ-poz′i-tō′rē Definitions: 1. A small solid preparation shaped for ready introduction into one of the orifices of the body other than the oral cavity (rectum, urethra, vagina), made of a substance, usually medicated, which is solid at room temper...
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15. suppository
    A form of medicine contained in a small piece of solid material, such as cocoa butter or glycerin, that melts at body temperature. A suppository is inserted into the rectum, vagina, or urethra and the medicine is absorbed into the bloodstream.
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