suppository

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

suppository (plural suppositories)

(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 (zh), 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

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

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