suppository
座薬
解説 Definition
肛門または膣に挿入される医療用の薬剤です。固体形状で、体温で溶けて薬効を発揮します。
A suppository is a small piece of medicine that is put into the body through the rectum, and sometimes the vagina, where it melts. It is used when medicine is not taken by mouth or needs to act in that area. The word is mainly used in medical contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
つづりは長いですが、suppose と切らずに、supo- / -posit- / -ory のかたまりで見ると覚えやすい語です。-posit- は position, deposit など「置く」系の単語群を連想すると、体の中に入れて使う薬だと結びつけやすくなります。医療英語では insert a suppository が定番で、tablet や capsule のように飲む薬ではなく「挿入して使う薬」と動作ごと覚えるのがコツ。rectal suppository, vaginal suppository の形でもよく見ます。
Notice the middle part `-posit-`, like in `position` or `deposit`, which gives the idea of putting or placing something. That helps you remember this is a medicine you do not swallow, but place inside the body. Learn it with the common phrase `insert a suppository`.
例文
The doctor prescribed a suppository for fever relief.
医者は熱を下げるために座薬を処方しました。
Suppositories provide an effective alternative to oral medicine.
座薬は経口薬の効果的な代替手段を提供します。
Young children sometimes have difficulty with suppository use.
幼い子どもたちは座薬の使用が難しいことがあります。
suppository の類義語・関連語
紛らわしい語
suppository の語源・成り立ち Etymology
suppository は中世ラテン語 suppositorium に由来し、sub-「下に」+ ponere「置く」+ -ory と分けられます。position や deposit も同じ「置く」の語根を持ち、座薬が「体内のしかるべき場所にそっと置く薬」だと考えると名づけに納得できます。
Suppository comes from Medieval Latin suppositorium, built from sub- "under" and ponere "to place." It is related to English words like position, deposit, and compose, which share the same Latin root. The idea was originally something "placed under" or "put in place," and it later became the medical name for a drug placed gently inside the body.
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