1) Drug delivery device 2) Medicament 3) Medication 4) Medicinal drug 5) Medicine
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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 and is absorbed into the blood stream. They are used to deliver both systemically and locally acting medications. ==Rectal suppositories== Rectal suppositories ar...
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• (n.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.
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(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, polyethylene glycols of various molecular weights,....
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(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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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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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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<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 oils, polyethylene glycols of various molecular weig...
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(sә-poz´ĭ-tor-e) an easily fusible medicated mass for introduction into the rectum, urethra, or vagina.
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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 bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylin...
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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 temperatures but melts at body temperature. Suppository ...
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n] - a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
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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 into your system and is particularly helpful if e...
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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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noun a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
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a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
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