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Many people use the term interchangeably with tablets, and \u2018the pill\u2019 has come to represent oral contraceptives.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Medicine in the form of a tiny solid mass or pellet to be swallowed or chewed; may be coated.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drug in pill, tablet, or capsule form. A small hard round ball of medication that is taken by swallowing. A small round ball, sometimes coated with sugar, that contains one or more medicinal substances in solid form. It is taken by mouth. 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