单词	capsule
释义	noun | adjective capsulecapsule1 /ˈkæpsəl/ noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYcapsule Origin: 1600-1700 French Latin capsula, from capsa; ➔ CASE1 Thesaurus THESAURUS a substance used for treating illness► medicine a substance used for treating illness:  Medicines should be kept out of children’s reach. Have you been taking your medicine? ► pill/tablet/capsule a small hard piece of medicine that you swallow:  Take two pills in the morning and two at night. ► eye/ear drops liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear:  The doctor gave me eye drops to help with my allergies. ► drug a medicine, or a substance for making medicines:  The researchers are testing a new drug for treating breast cancer. ► medication medicine that a person takes over a period of time for a particular illness. Medication sounds more formal than medicine:  He’s on medication for his heart. ► remedy a medicine or treatment for an illness or pain that is not very serious:  Lemon and honey in hot water is a good remedy for a sore throat. ► dosage the amount of medicine that you should take:  The usual dosage is 200 to 400 mg. ► prescription a type of medicine that a doctor says you should take, or the piece of paper on which a doctor writes this down:  The doctor wrote her a prescription for antibiotics. ► pharmaceutical formal a medicine or drug:  There are effective pharmaceuticals for mental illnesses. 1 a small closed tube with medicine inside that you swallow whole ► see thesaurus at medicine2the part of a spacecraft in which people live and work → see also time capsule noun | adjective capsulecapsule2 adjective [only before noun] 1a capsule description, account, etc. is very short, including only the most important details:  capsule movie reviews2very small SYN compact
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