Spansule

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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)"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Spansule alt-of, alternative

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"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)"

Etymology

Blend of span + capsule, originally a proprietary name.

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