(noun)
1. anal suppository: small tapered plug of medication that is pressed up into the rectum thru the anus.
May be compounded to relieve hemmorhoid
pain or to deliver a drug which might attack the stomach lining such as a narcotic. Before the invention of ether, a cigar was inserted into the rectum of a non-smoker to dull the pain of abdominal surgery. An anal suppository is wax-
like, formulated to melt at body temperature
2. vaginal suppository: small capsule-
like plug of medication that is inserted into the
vagina. Most common compounding is to treat a yeast infection. It is formulated to melt at body temperature