Medical Definition of Pilule
1. A small pill. Origin: L. Pilula (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilule
Literary usage of Pilule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"Ph. E. Pills of ipecacuanha and opium. pilule OPII. US Pills of opium. ...
pilule RHEI ET FERRI. Ph. E. Pills of rhubarb and iron. ..."
2. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"... pills are very popular with physicians at the present day for the treatment
of habitual constipation. Dose, 1 to 2 pills a day. Related Fills. — pilule ..."
3. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics by Jonathan Pereira (1842)
"... crystallized sulphate; or 3 grain> are equal to 4-ft grs. of the crystals.
The dried sulphate is used in the following preparation. 2. pilule FERRI Sl! ..."
4. The Medical Formulary by Henry Beasley (1856)
"pilule CUM SAPONE. P. Soap giv, althaea root gss, nitre 3j. Mix. ... Make a
uniform mass, and divide into five-grain pills. pilule ..."
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