medicine cup

Liquid dose measurer

A medicine cup is a small graduated container used to measure liquid medication doses.

Typically made of plastic and marked in milliliters, teaspoons, and tablespoons, these cups come with over-the-counter syrups and are standard equipment in hospitals and pharmacies: The nurse poured cough syrup into a medicine cup.

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Opposites
dispensing method

medicine cupmedicine spoon

Marked utensil for liquid doses

oral syringe · medicine dropper · pill · tablet · capsule

purpose/function

medicine cupshot glass

Small vessel for spirits

jigger · sake cup

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G