(sugar-coated) pill
1sugar — n. & v. n. 1 a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, esp. the sugar cane and sugar beet, used in cookery, confectionery, brewing, etc.; sucrose. 2 Chem. any of a group of soluble usu. sweet tasting crystalline carbohydrates… …
2pill — 1. A small globular mass of some coherent, but soluble, substance containing a medicinal substance to be swallowed. SEE ALSO: tablet. 2. The P.; a colloquial term for oral contraceptives. [L. pilula; dim. of pila, ball] bread p. a placebo made of …
3Pill (pharmacy) — A pill is a small, round, solid pharmacological oral dosage form in use before the advent of tablets and capsules. Pills were made by mixing the active ingredients with an excipient such as glucose syrup in a mortar and pestle to form a paste,… …
4pill — n. 1) a small ball of variable size, shape, and colour, sometimes coated with sugar, that contains one or more medicinal substances in solid form. It is taken by mouth. 2) See: oral contraceptive …
5dragée — A sugar coated pill or capsule. [Fr.] * * * dra·gée dra zhā n a sugar coated medicated confection * * * n. a pill that has been coated with sugar …
6granule — 1. A grainlike particle; a granulation; a minute discrete mass. 2. A very small pill, usually gelatin or sugar coated, containing a drug to be given in a small dose. 3. A colony of the bacterium or …
7Sugarland Express — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Sugarland Express Produktionsland USA …
8dragйe — dra·gйe (drah zhaґ) [Fr. “sugar plumâ€] a sugar coated pill, or medicated confection …
9Angus Calder — Angus Lindsay Ritchie Calder (5 February 1942 mdash;5 June 2008) was a Scottish academician, writer, historian, educator and literary editor with a background in English literature, politics and cultural studies. EducationHe read English… …
10Warner-Lambert Company — ▪ American company former diversified American corporation that manufactured products ranging from pharmaceuticals to candy. It became part of U.S. pharmaceutical conglomerate Pfizer Inc. in 2000. The company dates to 1856, when… …