In early use: a suppository. Later: spec. a vaginal suppository containing an antibiotic, spermicide, etc.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > suppositories, etc. > [noun] (14) pessarya1400 In early use: a suppository. Later: spec. a vaginal suppository containing an antibiotic, spermicide, etc. suppositorya1400 A medicinal preparation, typically in the form of a small, solid cone or cylinder of a base material that becomes soft or liquid at body temperature… supposta1500 A thing. = suppository, n. 1. Obsolete. rare. suppositor1540 = suppository, n. collyrie1600 = collyrium, n. 2. nascal1640 A pessary or vaginal suppository. searching candle1651 a probe or bougie, esp. one used to treat strictures of the urethra. candle1684 transferred. A bougie; a suppository. Obsolete. gland1684 (See quot. 1684; so Greek βάλανος.) Obsolete. collyrium1748 A solid medicine made up in a cylindrical form to be introduced into any of the openings of the body, as the anus, nostril, etc.; a suppository. Subcategories:— for the womb (1) — for the nose (3) |
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