Pill
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Pill or The Pill may refer to:
- Pill (pharmacy)Pill (pharmacy)A pill is a small, round, solid pharmaceutical oral dosage form that was in use before the advent of tablets and capsules. Pills were made by mixing the active ingredients with an excipient such as glucose syrup in a mortar and pestle to form a paste, then rolling the mass into a long cylindrical...
, referring to anything small and round for a specific dose of medicine. The term is used colloquially in several ways:- A tabletTabletA tablet is a pharmaceutical dosage form. It comprises a mixture of active substances and excipients, usually in powder form, pressed or compacted from a powder into a solid dose...
or capsule which replaced dosing via pill - American slang for recreationally used prescription drugPrescription drugA prescription medication is a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a medical prescription before it can be obtained. The term is used to distinguish it from over-the-counter drugs which can be obtained without a prescription...
s, particularly when used in plural as in "popping pills" - "The Pill", a general nickname for the combined oral contraceptive pill
- Pills is a nickname for the recreational drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy.
- A tablet
- Pill (rapper)Pill (rapper)Tyrone Rivers, better known by his stage name Pill, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia.-Career:In early 2009 Pill's first mixtape 4180: The Prescription and his first single "Trap Goin' Ham" was released. Pill was featured in The Source's Unsigned Hype section. The mixtape received praise...
, American rapper - Pill (textile)Pill (textile)A pill, colloquially known as a bobble, is a small ball of fibres that forms on a piece of cloth from wear. Pill is also a verb for the formation of such balls....
, a small ball of fuzz on cloth formed by rubbing or wearing, or the creation of such fuzz balls - Pill, AustriaPill, AustriaPill is a municipality in the Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria....
, the Tyrolean municipality - Pill, Somerset, a community in the United Kingdom
- Pill, a colloqial abbreviation of PillgwenllyPillgwenllyPillgwenlly is an electoral district and coterminous community parish in the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.- Origin of the name :...
, electoral ward in the city of Newport, South Wales - "The Pill" (song)The Pill (song)"The Pill" is a 1975 country music song recorded by Loretta Lynn. It is one of her best known songs as well as the most controversial record of her career...
, a 1975 song by Loretta Lynn - "The Pill", a 1999 episode of That '70s Show TV series
- "Pills for Breakfast", a song on Faith No More's 1985 album We Care a LotWe Care a LotWe Care a Lot is the debut studio album by American rock band Faith No More, originally released in 1985 and distributed through San Francisco-based label Mordam Records. On the original vinyl release, the band is credited as "Faith...
- "Pills", a song by Bo DiddleyBo DiddleyEllas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...