suppository

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English suppositorie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin suppositorium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin, neuter of suppositorius (“placed beneath”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin supponere (“to put under”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/
• enPR: sə-päzʹĭ-tôr'ē, IPA^(key): /səˈpɑzɪˌtɔɹi/

Noun

suppository (plural suppositories)

1. (medicine) 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.

Translations

medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity

• Arabic: لبوس m (libūs)
• Catalan: supositori (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 栓劑／栓剂 (zh) (shuānjì), 栓剂 (zh) (shuānjì)

• Czech: čípek (cs) m
• Dutch: zetpil (nl) f, suppositoir m, suppo (nl) m
• Finnish: suppo (fi), suppositorio (fi), peräpuikko (fi)
• French: suppositoire (fr) m
• German: Zäpfchen (de) n
• Greek: υπόθετο (el) n (ypótheto)
• Hungarian: kúp (hu), végbélkúp (hu)
• Icelandic: stíll m, stikkpilla f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: sopastóir m
• Italian: supposta (it)
• Japanese: (general) 坐薬 (ja) (zayaku), (formal) 坐剤 (ja) (zazai)
• Korean: 좌약 (jwayak)
• Lithuanian: žvakùtė f
• Polish: czopek (pl) m
• Portuguese: supositório m
• Russian: суппозиторий (ru) m (suppozitorij), свеча́ (ru) f (svečá)
• Spanish: supositorio (es) m, cala (es) f
• Swedish: stolpiller (sv)
• Turkish: fitil (tr)

See also

• clyster
• enema
• pessary