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pill noun ( MEDICINE )
/pɪl/ n [C] Definition
a small solid piece of medicine which a person swallows without chewing (= crushing with the teeth)
a sleeping pill
a vitamin pill
My mother takes three or four pills a day.
Jamie's always had trouble swallowing pills.
the pill
a type of pill for women which is taken every day in order to prevent them from becoming pregnant
Are you on the pill?
(Definition of pill noun (MEDICINE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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