[ noun ] a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts <noun.artifact>
Suppository \Sup*pos"i*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Suppositories}. [LL. suppositorium, fr. L. suppositorius that is placed underneath: cf. F. suppositoire. See {Supposition}.] (Med.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.
A woman takes the drug orally and two days later is given an injection or suppository of synthetic prostaglandin, which causes contractions of the uterus to ensure it has evacuated completely.
Former Sen. Chic Hecht, who once argued that Nevada shouldn't get a "nuclear waste suppository," liked being sent to the Bahamas because of the golf links there.