Pill

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Pill or the pill may refer to:

• A ball, or anything small and round, the origin of the now-obselete term pill (pharmacy), referring to a specific dose of medicine. The term is used colloquially in several ways:
  • A tablet or capsule (pharmacy) which replaced dosing via pill
  • "The Pill", a general nickname for the combined oral contraceptive pill
  • American slang for recreationally used prescription drugs, particularly when used in plural as in popping pills
• A tidal inlet on the coast, or a small creek of a river, hence:
• Pill, Somerset, a community in the United Kingdom
• Pill, Austria, the Tyrolean municipality
• The Pill (song), a song by Loretta Lynn
• Pill (textile), a small ball of fuzz on cloth formed by rubbing or wear, or the creation of such fuzz balls

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