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suppository

/səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/US/səˈpɑzɪˌtɔɹi/

suppository noun: 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.

Noun

suppository (plural suppositories)

  1. 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.
    • rectal suppository
    • vaginal suppository

suppository meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit, Arabic and Malay

suppository in Tamil

மலவாய் மருந்துக் கூடு, உள்வைப்பு, குதச்செருகு, செருகு மருந்து

suppository in Sanskrit

a suppository
वर्ती vartī

suppository in Arabic

medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity
تَحْمِيلَة taḥmīla, لَبُوس labūs, مفتول maftul

suppository in Malay

medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity
supositori
More languagesFewer languages
suppository in Indonesian
supositoria
suppository in Persian
شیاف šiâf
suppository in Thai
ยาเหน็บ

Forms of suppository

pluralsuppositories

Origin of suppository

From Middle English suppositorie, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin suppositōrium, from Late Latin, neuter of suppositōrius (“placed beneath”), from Latin suppōnō (“to put under”).

Questions about suppository

What does suppository mean?
Suppository means 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.
What is suppository in Tamil?
Suppository in Tamil is மலவாய் மருந்துக் கூடு, உள்வைப்பு, குதச்செருகு. See Suppository meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is suppository?
Suppository is a noun.
How do you pronounce suppository?
Suppository is pronounced /səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of suppository?
The plural of suppository is suppositories.

Words near suppository in the dictionary

  1. suppositively
  2. suppositives
  3. suppositor
  4. suppositories
  5. suppositors
  6. suppository
  7. suppositum
  8. supposively
  9. supposta
  10. supposure
  11. supposures

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Adapted from Wiktionary: suppository (page history and authors); suppository (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वर्ती (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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