CAPSULES Synonyms

• the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

• (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

• the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries

• punishment for one's actions

• treat medicinally, treat with medicine

• something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size

• a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

• a unpleasant or tiresome person

• something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured

• a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

• A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.

• A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.

• a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

• administer a drug to

• use recreational drugs

• a small aromatic or medicated candy

• a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

• (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

• the act of treating with medicines or remedies

• a small rounded mass of a substance

• a solid missile discharged from a firearm

• something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size

• a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

• a unpleasant or tiresome person

• something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured

• a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

• a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription

• a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

• a small flat compressed cake of some substance

• a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

• a portable computer with a touchscreen

• enclose in a capsule

• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

• enclose in a capsule

• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

• a shortened version of a written work

• a shortened version of a written work

• used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule

• enclose in a capsule

• (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

• the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state

• atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a shortened version of a written work

• the act of increasing the density of something

• enclose in a capsule or other small container

• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

• a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

• a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

• a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space