tab‧let S3 /ˈtæblət, ˈtæblɪt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: tablete, from table]

1. a small round hard piece of medicine which you swallow Synonym : pill:
She took a couple of headache tablets.
vitamin/sleeping/indigestion etc tablet

2. a small hard piece of a substance, especially one that dissolves in water:
water purification tablets

3. a flat piece of stone or clay with words cut into it, for example above someone’s grave

4. be written/set/cast in tablets of stone British English used to say that something does not change:
The programme should not be set in tablets of stone, but improved continuously.

5. American English a set of pieces of paper for writing on that are glued together at the top Synonym : pad British English

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tablet
noun
I. pill
ADJ. Ecstasy, paracetamol, saccharin, sleeping, vitamin, etc. Take two paracetamol tablets with water.
VERB + TABLET take
PHRASES in tablet form The drug is now available in tablet and capsule form.

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tablet
II. slab
ADJ. clay, stone, wax, etc. | commemorative, memorial We had a memorial tablet put up on the church wall.

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tablet

take a tablet (=swallow it)
Have you taken your tablets?
be on tablets spoken (=be taking tablets)
He's on tablets for his heart.
swallow a tablet
He took his own life by swallowing more than 500 tablets.
a doctor prescribes tablets (=tells someone to take them)
Dr Preston arrived and prescribed some pain-relieving tablets.
a sleeping tablet
Sleeping tablets can be addictive.
a headache/indigestion etc tablet
Do you want a headache tablet?
a paracetamol/quinine/iron etc tablet
She's on iron tablets for her anaemia.
a vitamin tablet
Are all these vitamin tablets really necessary?
in tablet form
Although this drug is available in tablet form it is often prescribed as a powder.

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medicine noun [uncountable and countable] a substance used for treating illness:
Certain medicines should not be taken with alcohol.
Has he taken his medicine?
pill noun [countable] a small piece of medicine that you swallow:
She managed to swallow the pill with a sip of water.
The doctor gave him some pills.
sleeping pills
diet pills
contraceptive pills
tablet noun [countable] especially British English a small piece of solid medicine:
She's now on four tablets a day.
a five-day course of tablets
sleeping tablets
anti-malaria tablets
antibiotics/aspirin/codeine etc:
The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics.
Why don’t you take some aspirin?
The tablets contain codeine, which is unsuitable for people with asthma.
capsule noun [countable] a small tube-shaped container with medicine inside that you swallow whole:
a bottle of 500 capsules of vitamin C
I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment.
caplet noun [countable] a small smooth pill that is slightly longer than it is wide - used especially on bottles and containers:
In small type, the consumer is warned not to take more than one caplet per day.
eye/ear drops liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear:
Remember — if you 're using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
cream noun [uncountable and countable] especially British English (also lotion especially American English) a thick smooth substance containing medicine, that you put on your skin:
an antibiotic cream
antiseptic cream
skin cream
drug noun [countable] a medicine or a substance for making medicines:
a drug used to treat malaria
There are a wide range of different drugs on the market.
dosage noun [countable usually singular] the amount of medicine that you should take at one time:
The dosage should be reduced to 0.5 mg.
It’s important to get the dosage right.
medication noun [uncountable and countable] medicine or drugs given to someone who is ill:
He takes medication for his diabetes.
She’s on medication (=taking medication), having suffered from depression for a number of years.

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