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noun 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. slab ADJ. clay, stone, wax, etc. | commemorative, memorial We had a memorial tablet put up on the church wall.
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tablet
verbs
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.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + tablet
a sleeping tablet
• Sleeping tablets can be addictive.
a headache/indigestion etc tablet
• Do you want a headache tablet?
iron/a paracetamol/quinine etc tablet
• She's on iron tablets for her anaemia.
a vitamin tablet
• Are all these vitamin tablets really necessary?
phrases
in tablet form
• Although this drug is available in tablet form it is often prescribed as a powder.
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