suppository /sup·pos·i·to·ry/ (sŭ-poz´ĭ-tor″e) an easily fusible medicated mass to be introduced into a body orifice, as the rectum, urethra, or vagina.
Suppository
suppository
suppository
sup·pos·i·to·ry (s -p z  -tôr  )n. A small plug of medication designed to melt at body temperature within a body cavity other than the mouth, especially the rectum or vagina. |
Suppository
A medicinal substance that slowly dissolves after being inserted into the rectum (or other body cavity).
Mentioned in: Fecal Incontinence, Hemorrhoids
suppository
[səpoz′ətôr′ē]
Etymology: L, sub, under, ponere, to place
an easily melted medicated mass for insertion into the rectum, urethra, or vagina. Theobroma oil, glycerinated gelatin, and high-molecular-weight polyethylene glycols are common vehicles for drugs in suppositories that are cone- or spindle-shaped for insertion into the rectum, globular or egg-shaped for use in the vagina, and pencil-shaped for insertion into the urethra. Drugs administered by rectal suppository are absorbed systemically, and this route is especially useful in babies, in uncooperative patients, and in cases of vomiting or certain digestive disorders.
suppository
an easily fusible medicated mass for introduction into the rectum, urethra or vagina.
suppository
Pharmacology A solid form of medication of various shapes which, after insertion in the rectum, vagina, or urethra, dissolves
and is absorbed into the blood Vehicles Cocoa butter, polyethylene glycol Drugs Aspirin, barbital, chloral hydrate, phenobarbital, procaine, quinine, resorcinol
and is absorbed into the blood Vehicles Cocoa butter, polyethylene glycol Drugs Aspirin, barbital, chloral hydrate, phenobarbital, procaine, quinine, resorcinol
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