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pill

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: pill

1
 n
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
2
 n
something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: pill
1

n a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Synonyms:
lozenge, tab, tablet
Types:
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bolus
a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
capsule
a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
dragee
pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy
sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet
a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
Type of:
dosage, dose
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

n a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

Synonyms:
anovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill
Types:
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Demulen
trade name for an oral contraceptive
Enovid
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel
Loestrin
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone
Lo/Ovral
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel
Micronor
trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone
Modicon
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone
Norinyl
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol
Norlestrin
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone
Nor-Q-D
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone
Ovocon
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone
Ovral
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel
Ovrette
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel
Ovulen
trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound
Type of:
birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device
an agent or device intended to prevent conception

n something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size

Types:
vitamin pill
a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement
multivitamin, multivitamin pill
a pill or tablet containing several vitamins
Type of:
thing
an artifact
2

n something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured

“his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take”
Type of:
burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus
an onerous or difficult concern

n a unpleasant or tiresome person

Type of:
disagreeable person, unpleasant person
a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
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