(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
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Take two pills every hour in the apyrexia of intermittent fever, until eight are taken.
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1864, Benjamin Ellis, The Medical Formularyā€ˇhttp://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC14843090&id=pHoMvHRmrlIC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=%22take+two+pills%22&as_brr=1: