SUPPOSITORY

n. Su3p-po2z'i2t-or-i2. Gr., n-eo-ads. Lat., sup posit or i uni, sup posit or i us. Fr., suppositoire. Ger., Suppositorium, Stuhlzdpfchen, Stechpille. A preparation designed for introduction into the rectum, urethra, vagina, etc., consisting of a medicinal substance incorporated with an absorbable solid excipient which softens at the temperature of the body. This is usually cacao butter (with soap or tallow [Fr. Cod.] or with a mixture of beef tallow and wax [Ru . Ph.]). The s. is generally molded into a conical (sometimes a cylindrical or spherical) shape. [B, 5, 95 O, no; O2, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like oo in too; [s. 571]