Tablet

(tab' -let). I. A lozenge, a troche. 2. A table, as of a cranial bone. See Table . T. -triturates, in pharmacy, small, disc-shaped bodies, prepared by moistening medicated powders with a highly volatile liquid, then molding the moistened powder, ejecting the tablet, and allowing the liquid to evaporate, when the tablets retain their shape. The bis is of tablet-triturates is mostly finely-powdered sugar. They disintegrate in the alimentary canal.