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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suppository  \Sup*pos"i*to*ry\,  n.;  pl  {Suppositories}.  [LL. 
  suppositorium  fr  L.  suppositorius  that  is  placed 
  underneath:  cf  F.  suppositoire  See  {Supposition}.]  (Med.) 
  A  pill  or  bolus  for  introduction  into  the  rectum;  esp.,  a 
  cylinder  or  cone  of  medicated  cacao  butter. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suppository 
  n  :  a  small  plug  of  medication  designed  for  insertion  into  the 
  rectum  or  vagina  where  it  melts 




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