English
Etymology
blend|span|capsule
Proper noun
en-proper noun
#medicine (Proprietary name for) a capsule designed to release drugs at a steady rate over a period of hours; a sustained-release capsule.
#*1971: Huge white spansules. I went into the men's room to eat mine. � Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005, p. 66)
Category:Portmanteaus|spansule
ru:Spansule
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