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Spansule

noun

Etymology

Blend of span + capsule, originally a proprietary name.

  1. derived from capsula
  2. borrowed from capsule
  3. compounded as spansule — “span + capsule”

Definitions

  1. A capsule designed to release drugs at a steady rate over a period of hours

    A capsule designed to release drugs at a steady rate over a period of hours; a sustained-release capsule.

    • 1971: Huge white spansules. I went into the men's room to eat mine. — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005, p. 66)
    • Dexedrine Spansule, a long-acting formulation of dextroamphetamine sulfate most commonly used to treat ADHD

  2. Alternative form of Spansule

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Spansule. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA