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PILL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pill" is a kind of...):
dosage; dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pill"):
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))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pill" is a kind of...):
thing (an artifact)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pill"):
vitamin pill (a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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; pill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pill" is a kind of...):
birth control device; contraceptive; contraceptive device; preventative; preventive; prophylactic device (an agent or device intended to prevent conception)
Meronyms (substance of "pill"):
Lipo-Lutin; progesterone (a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pill"):
Ovulen (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound)
Ovrette (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel)
Ovral (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel)
Ovocon (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)
Nor-Q-D (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone)
Norlestrin (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)
Norinyl (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol)
Modicon (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)
Micronor (trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone)
Lo/Ovral (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel)
Loestrin (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)
Enovid (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel)
Demulen (trade name for an oral contraceptive)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
Example:
his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pill" is a kind of...):
burden; encumbrance; incumbrance; load; onus (an onerous or difficult concern)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A unpleasant or tiresome person
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pill" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb pill
Context examples:
It is a powder that can be made into a pill or a shiny rock (called a crystal).
(Methamphetamine, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
The new pill dissolves in the mouth and in the water, and is expected to be more easily accepted by children.
(New HIV medicine under development for children in Brazil, Agência Brasil/EBC)
Therapeutically inactive substance that helps to make pills hold their shape upon compression and improve compressibility properties in general.
(Compression Aid Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)
Typical pill coatings include zein, shellac, or sugars.
(Coating Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic pill form of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), an active ingredient in marijuana that is used to treat nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy.
(Dronabinol, NCI Dictionary)
Treatments include medicines to control dizziness, limiting salt in your diet, and taking water pills.
(Meniere's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
They can come as pills, capsules, powders, drinks, and energy bars.
(Dietary Supplements, NIH: National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements)
He is a seller of pills and salves, very learned in humors, and rheums, and fluxes, and all manner of ailments.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A synthetic pill form of an active chemical in marijuana called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
(Cesamet, NCI Dictionary)
For example, binding agents can be used to make solid pills from loose powders.
(Binder Excipient, NCI Dictionary)
