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Descriptor English: Suppositories
Descriptor Spanish: Supositorios
Descriptor supositorios
Entry term(s) supositorios rectales
supositorios uretrales
supositorios vaginales
Scope note: Formas farmacéuticas diseñadas para ser introducidas en el orificio rectal, vaginal o uretral del organismo para su absorción. Generalmente los principios activos se integran en formas farmacéuticas que contienen bases grasas, como manteca de cacao, aceites hidrogenados o gelatina glicerinada, que son sólidos a temperatura ambiente pero se funden o disuelven a la temperatura corporal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Supositórios
Descriptor French: Suppositoires
Entry term(s): Rectal Suppositories
Suppositories, Rectal
Suppositories, Vaginal
Suppository, Vaginal
Vaginal Suppositories
Vaginal Suppository
Tree number(s): D26.255.785
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013488
Scope note: Medicated dosage forms that are designed to be inserted into the rectal, vaginal, or urethral orifice of the body for absorption. Generally, the active ingredients are packaged in dosage forms containing fatty bases such as cocoa butter, hydrogenated oil, or glycerogelatin that are solid at room temperature but melt or dissolve at body temperature.
Annotation: IM GEN only; coord NIM (no qualif) with specific drug IM
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
Related: Rectal Absorption MeSH
DeCS ID: 13871
Unique ID: D013488
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/06
Suppositories - Preferred
Concept UI M0020840
Scope note Medicated dosage forms that are designed to be inserted into the rectal, vaginal, or urethral orifice of the body for absorption. Generally, the active ingredients are packaged in dosage forms containing fatty bases such as cocoa butter, hydrogenated oil, or glycerogelatin that are solid at room temperature but melt or dissolve at body temperature.
Preferred term Suppositories
Vaginal Suppositories - Narrower
Concept UI M0415411
Preferred term Vaginal Suppositories
Entry term(s) Suppositories, Vaginal
Suppository, Vaginal
Vaginal Suppository
Rectal Suppositories - Narrower
Concept UI M0420470
Preferred term Rectal Suppositories
Entry term(s) Suppositories, Rectal



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