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  • 51pill — 1. noun /pɪl/ a) A small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally, usually of roughly cylindrical shape, often coated to prolong dissolution or ease swallowing. Take two pills every hour in the apyrexia of int …

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  • 52pill — 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 …

    Medical dictionary

  • 53pill — noun 1 medicine ADJECTIVE ▪ diet, sleeping, vitamin ▪ prescription (esp. AmE) … OF PILLS ▪ bottle VERB + PILL …

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  • 54pill — noun 1》 a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole.     ↘(the Pill) a contraceptive pill. 2》 informal, dated a ball. 3》 informal, dated a tedious or unpleasant person. verb (of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 55pilləkən — is. <fars.> Çıxmaq və düşmək üçün pillələrdən düzəldilmiş qurğu. Daş pilləkən. – <Yaşlı kişi:> Pilləkənə açılan qapını açdıqda qarşımda qara ipək çarşaba bürünmüş, üzünü rübənd ilə örtmüş bir qadın gördüm. S. H.. <Bəyim xala>… …

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  • 56pill-popper — AND popper; pill dropper n. nyone who takes pills frequently or habitually. □ Poor Sue is a pill popper. □ I knew she was always ill, but I didn’t know she was a pill dropper. □ The pill popper thought she wouldn’t get hooked …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 57pill-pusher — AND pill roller; pill peddler . <a nickname for a physician.> □ That pill peddler charges too much. □ I went to the infirmary, but the pill pusher wasn’t in …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 58pill — n. 1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by the) colloq. a contraceptive pill. 2 an unpleasant or painful necessity; a humiliation (a bitter pill; must swallow the pill). 3 colloq. or joc. a ball …

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  • 59pill — I. verb Etymology: Middle English pilen, pillen, partly from Old English pilian to peel, partly from Anglo French piler to rob Date: 12th century intransitive verb dialect chiefly England to come off in flakes or scales ; peel transitive verb 1 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 60Pill (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,… …

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