pill

A pharmaceutical preparation consisting of a small, more or le spherical ma , of a size convenient for swallowing; of some pharmacopeias, a pilular ma . Blancard's p's. See pilulae ferri iodid i, under ferrum. Griffith's p's. See pilulae ferri carbon at is, under ferrum. Lady Webster p. See under Lady Webster. Hummer's p. See pilulae an tim on i i compos i tae, under an tim onium. [Lat., pilula, dim. of pila, a ball.]