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as in tablets
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
you'll have to take one of these pills every six hours for your flu
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as in dogs
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
she can be such a pill when things don't go her way
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Recent Examples of pills
Testosterone treatment includes a gel rubbed on the shoulder, pills or an implantable pellet in the buttocks.
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Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
There are people who ordered pills online who are not [included] in the study.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
High demand is driving GLP-1 wannabes The dietary supplement market has sought to cash in on the GLP-1 demand with pills, teas, extracts and all manner of other products that claim to produce similar effects as the brand names at a much lower price.
—C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
But birth control pills can cost upwards of hundreds of dollars for those who don’t fit into one of those groups.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
The analysis revealed that the Black patients were about 74% more likely than the White patients to receive opioid pills in their post-surgery recovery and that being Black was associated with a 29% lower likelihood of receiving multimodal analgesia involving four or more modes.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Birth control pills may interfere with healing, and you may be asked to discontinue them temporarily.
—Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
Prior to his death, Eddie reportedly became addicted to prescribed steroid pills to relieve swelling after a surgery to remove a brain tumor.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Eddie Van Halen’s younger brother Alex Van Halen is opening up about his late sibling’s addiction to pills.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
There are people who ordered pills online who are not [included] in the study.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
High demand is driving GLP-1 wannabes The dietary supplement market has sought to cash in on the GLP-1 demand with pills, teas, extracts and all manner of other products that claim to produce similar effects as the brand names at a much lower price.
—C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
But birth control pills can cost upwards of hundreds of dollars for those who don’t fit into one of those groups.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
The analysis revealed that the Black patients were about 74% more likely than the White patients to receive opioid pills in their post-surgery recovery and that being Black was associated with a 29% lower likelihood of receiving multimodal analgesia involving four or more modes.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Birth control pills may interfere with healing, and you may be asked to discontinue them temporarily.
—Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 19 Oct. 2024
Prior to his death, Eddie reportedly became addicted to prescribed steroid pills to relieve swelling after a surgery to remove a brain tumor.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Eddie Van Halen’s younger brother Alex Van Halen is opening up about his late sibling’s addiction to pills.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Pills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pills. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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