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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Suppositories

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[LL.

suppositorium

, fr. L.

suppositorius

that is placed underneath: cf. F.

suppositoire

. See

(Med.)

A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.

Noun.

In medicine, a long cylindrical body introduced into the rectum to procure stools when clysters cannot be administered.