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Suppositor vs Suppository - What's the difference?

suppositor | suppository |

As nouns the difference between suppositor and suppository

is that suppositor is (medicine) an apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into the rectum while suppository is 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.

suppositor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) An apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into the rectum.
    • (Webster 1913)

    suppository

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia suppository) (suppositories)
  • 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.

    • See also

    * clyster * enema * pessary