gel cap
Slippery medicine dose
A gel cap is a medication capsule with a gelatin shell, typically containing liquid or semi-liquid contents.
The smooth coating makes them easier to swallow than tablets: I prefer gel caps to regular pills.
Also spelled gelcap.
- softgelPliable capsule for supplements
- medicineCurative substance or practice
- swallowSend down the throat
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- vitaminEssential organic nutrient
supplement · dietary supplement · pharmacy · prescription · over the counter · coating · smooth · slippery · translucent · dosage · omega · fish oil · cod liver oil · easy to swallow · pharmaceutical · encapsulated · oval · amber
- drug formstablet form, powder form, oral, injectable, topical
- capsulessoftgel, softgels, coffee pod, escape pod
- oral medicationstablet, tablets, pill, pills, caplet
- drug deliverydrug delivery, injection, time release, delayed release, tablet
- encapsulantsepoxy, silicone, polyurethane, resin, underfill
- painkillersaspirin, ibuprofen, acetaminophen, paracetamol, codeine
gel capinjection
Syringe-delivered dose
suppository · IV drip · liquid · topical cream · transdermal patch
gel capinjection
Syringe-delivered dose
IV drip · suppository · topical cream · transdermal patch · nasal spray
gel, cap, gels, gelled, gelling, caps, capped, capping, capsule