tab
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- noun
- /tæb/
- US
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comprimido
- And if you feel like experimenting, only take half a tab.
- 1 tab
- a tab of fexofenadine
- a daily tab
You don't even have to pop a tab.
- You don't even have to pop a tab.
- So he wouldn't have got on it, but he had some protein tabs of what wasn't protein, let's put it like that.
- But they had just brought out those little tabs that you put on your tongue.
Examples
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Now, you take a nice big aspirin tab...
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The patient was advised to continue IV fluids, tab paracetamol 500 mg SOS, and inj metoclopramide 1 amp SOS.
Academic text (2007) -
The stuff I take for hypertension costs me $2 per tab, once a day.
Blog text (17) -
I usually add an electrolyte tab to my water while running.
Blog text (27) -
A diagnosis of metronidazole-induced bullous eruption was made, and the patient was managed with Tab.
Academic text (2007) -
Atenolol 5 mg bd, Tab. Sorbitrate 5 mg bd, Tab. Acetazolamide 50 mg bd.
Academic text (2007) -
The doctor recommended taking one tab of the medication every day.
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I swallowed a tab of ibuprofen with some water to relieve my headache.
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She placed the tab of painkiller on her tongue and waited for it to dissolve.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A key on a keyboard that moves the cursor to the right to indent or align text
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tab for a pill is simply a short form of tablet, a small flat piece of medicine, so a 'tab' is an informal name for a little 'tablet' you swallow.