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What is a suppository?

What is a suppository? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. 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.
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If the suppository is too soft to insert, chill the suppository in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or run cold water over it before removing the foil wrapper.
Patients who do not excrete the capsule naturally may need an additional dose of laxatives, a suppository, or colonoscopic capsule retrieval.
To help someone with a suppository, you will need a glove and petroleum jelly or some other lubricant for the anal area.
People unable to swallow safely after a stroke can be given aspirin as a suppository.
Besides ergotamine and prochlorperazine, very few migraine-specific medications are available in suppository form.
A suppository, consisting of two grains of opium, combined with twenty grains of soap, is frequently of great benefit.

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