Dictionary entry
Suppository
Pronunciation: /səˈpɒzɪt(ə)ri/
Pronunciation
/səˈpɒzɪt(ə)ri/
Myanmar Meaning
စအို၊ သားအိမ်၊ မိန်းမ ကိုယ်ထဲသွင်းရန် ဆေးတောင့်။
Definition
suppository /sǝ'pɒzǝtri; US -tↄ:ri/ n စအို၊ သားအိမ္၊ မိန္းမ ကိုယ္ထဲသြင္းရန္ ေဆးေတာင့္။
Examples
- ‘Depending on the part of your body being scanned
- your doctor may ask you to take laxatives
- enemas or suppositories
- or temporarily modify your diet further.’
- ‘People unable to swallow safely after a stroke can be given aspirin as a suppository.’
- ‘Rather than treating yourself with over-the-counter yeast creams or suppositories
- it is best to see your doctor for an exam.’
- ‘We undertook separate analyses of micronised oral progesterone and progesterone pessaries or suppositories versus placebo.’
- ‘They are available as tablets
- capsules
- liquids and suppositories (medication placed in the vagina or anus).’
- ‘Paediatric anaesthetists often break paracetamol suppositories to achieve an approximate dose for children of different ages and weights.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘Topical creams may be better than suppositories because of ease and accuracy of medication placement.’
- ‘In an attempt to better manage pain immediately after surgery
- some staff requested orders for around-the-clock
- regular doses of acetaminophen suppositories.’
- ‘Postoperative pain relief may be further assisted with preoperative indomethacin suppositories.’
- ‘It is available in liquid drops
- oral liquid (by mouth)
- chewable tablets
- and rectal suppositories.’
- ‘Patients who do not respond to other interventions may have to use other mild laxatives
- suppositories and enemas and their use may become inevitable in the later stages of the disease.’
- ‘A drug allergy was suspected and eventually traced to analgesic suppositories.’
- ‘Do not use other laxatives
- enemas
- or suppositories unless your doctor tells you to.’
- ‘Injections
- nasal sprays
- wafers or suppositories (soft capsules that you insert into the vagina or anus) are other options.’
- ‘This medicine may be a cream or a suppository that you put into your vagina with a special applicator.’
- ‘There were ointments and vapours
- and also suppositories and purgatives.’
- ‘As the rectal suppositories melt
- the medication soothes the inflamed area
- providing symptomatic relief and promoting healing.’
- ‘Lollipops
- lotions
- syrups
- sprays and suppositories can also be developed instead of using the manufactured form.’
- ‘Oral fluids and antiemetic suppositories
- if needed
- should result in an uneventful recovery in about 36 hours.’