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pilling

pilling

7.0
Making small tablets of medicine in a factory
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : tableteo
  • Quality control is essential during the pilling stage to ensure each pill meets standards.

Examples

  • Advances in pilling have made it easier to produce consistent doses of medication.

  • The pharmaceutical company invested in new pilling equipment to improve efficiency.

  • The pilling process is crucial in drug formulation.

  • Have you heard about the new pilling techniques?

  • The pilling process allows manufacturers to create uniform tablets for patients.

  • During pilling, the active ingredients are compressed into small, manageable doses.

  • In the laboratory, scientists monitor the pilling to ensure all pills are of high quality.

Synonyms

tableting
vspilling
  • Specialized
5.4

A process that makes powders into small tablets for medicine

is used to make smaller individual solid doses rather than larger compressed pieces
granulation
vspilling
  • Specialized
7.8

Making a material into small grains

is a later step that compacts particles into complete solid doses

Surface Forms

pilling singular
pillings plural

Morphology

pilling = pill (transparent) = pill + ing

The term is transparently formed from 'pill' plus '-ing' in the sense of making small solid pills.

Etymology

Pilling can also come from making a pill meaning 'tablet' of medicine, so pilling refers to the process of shaping a substance into small solid pills for doses.