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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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To help someone with a suppository, you will need a glove and petroleum jelly or some other lubricant for the anal area.
If oral laxatives fail, you may be told to try a glycerin suppository half an hour before attempting a bowel movement.
It seems inartistic and sordid to insert a pessary or a suppository in anticipation of the sexual act.
The insertion of a suppository or douching can be easily done by the patient herself.
Besides ergotamine and prochlorperazine, very few migraine-specific medications are available in suppository form.
Patients who do not excrete the capsule naturally may need an additional dose of laxatives, a suppository, or colonoscopic capsule retrieval.

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