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Suppository

/səˈpɒzɪtəɹi/

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.

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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.

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suppurativenoun	A medicine that causes suppuration.
pastillenoun	An often round and somewhat flat flavoured candy or sweet.
perpetual pillnoun	(medicine, obsolete) A purgative pill made with antimony, able to be swallowed, voided, washed, and taken again.
stool softenernoun	Any medication used to introduce water and/or fat to the contents of the patient's intestines, making those contents more likely to pass out in the feces.
topicnoun	Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
suppurantnoun	Producing or exuding pus.
softgelnoun	A form of medicine to be taken orally, with a gelatin-based shell around a liquid filling.
spansulenoun	(medicine) A capsule designed to release drugs at a steady rate over a period of hours; a sustained-release capsule.
maturantnoun	(medicine, obsolete) A medicine or application which promotes suppuration.
blisternoun	A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
formulationnoun	The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
ointmentnoun	(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
plasmanoun	(physics) A state of matter consisting of partially ionized gas and electrons.
glyceritenoun	(medicine) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.
enemanoun	An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
pustulantnoun	(medicine) Any medicine that produces pustules.
deoppilativenoun	(medicine, dated) Any medicine that dissolves obstructions.
spasmodic	Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
sinapismnoun	A mustard plaster.
tilsuprostnoun	(pharmacology) A prostaglandin analogue.