pill | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. pill | something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size. |
| ~ thing | an artifact.; "how does this thing work?" |
| ~ vitamin pill | a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement. |
n. (artifact) | 2. lozenge, pill, tab, tablet | a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet. |
| ~ bolus | a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine. |
| ~ capsule | a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside. |
| ~ dose, dosage | a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. |
| ~ 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). |
n. (person) | 3. pill | a unpleasant or tiresome person. |
| ~ disagreeable person, unpleasant person | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable. |
n. (cognition) | 4. pill | something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured.; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" |
| ~ burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load | an onerous or difficult concern.; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" |
n. (artifact) | 5. anovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pill | a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception. |
| ~ birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, preventative, preventive | an agent or device intended to prevent conception. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ lipo-lutin, progesterone | a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy. |
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