Spansulen.

Brit.

/ˈspansjuːl/, U.S.

/ˈspænˌs(j)ul/

Forms: Also spansule.

Etymology: < span n.¹ + -sule (in capsule n.)

A proprietary name for a capsule that when swallowed releases a drug steadily for several hours, or that releases various drugs at prearranged times. Cf. sustained-release adj. at sustained adj. Compounds.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > pills, tablets, etc. > [noun] > capsule

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1954 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 2 Mar. 18/2 Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Philadelphia... Spansule... For capsules containing multiples of specially coated globules..and providing for the gradual release of a medicament in the gastro-intestinal tract.

1954 Trade Marks Jrnl. 6 Oct. 1000/1 Spansule... Pharmaceutical preparations... Smith, Kline & French International Co.

1955 Dispensatory U.S.A. (ed. 25) 89/1 Dexedrine Sulfate Spansules contain 15 mg. of the dextro salt in the form of tiny pellets, of which there are over a hundred in each capsule, having varying disintegration times so as to release the drug uniformly over a period of 8 to 10 hours.

1971 C. Williams And Deep Blue Sea (1972) ix. 102 Our labs came up several years ago with a timed-release spansule; the opiate takes effect in about twenty minutes and then an aphrodisiac eight hours later.

1974 ‘J. Black’ Oil (1975) iv. viii. 349 The two men had stayed up the remainder of the night, swallowing Dexamyl spansules while they meticulously went over all that Needham would have to do.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spansule
释义	Spansulen. Brit. /ˈspansjuːl/, U.S. /ˈspænˌs(j)ul/ Forms: Also spansule. Etymology: < span n.¹ + -sule (in capsule n.) A proprietary name for a capsule that when swallowed releases a drug steadily for several hours, or that releases various drugs at prearranged times. Cf. sustained-release adj. at sustained adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > pills, tablets, etc. > [noun] > capsule wafer1848 pearl1872 capsule1875 cachet1884 perle1887 tabloid1887 jelloid1898 wafer-cachet1898 Caplet1937 cap1942 Spansule1954 1954 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 2 Mar. 18/2 Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Philadelphia... Spansule... For capsules containing multiples of specially coated globules..and providing for the gradual release of a medicament in the gastro-intestinal tract. 1954 Trade Marks Jrnl. 6 Oct. 1000/1 Spansule... Pharmaceutical preparations... Smith, Kline & French International Co. 1955 Dispensatory U.S.A. (ed. 25) 89/1 Dexedrine Sulfate Spansules contain 15 mg. of the dextro salt in the form of tiny pellets, of which there are over a hundred in each capsule, having varying disintegration times so as to release the drug uniformly over a period of 8 to 10 hours. 1971 C. Williams And Deep Blue Sea (1972) ix. 102 Our labs came up several years ago with a timed-release spansule; the opiate takes effect in about twenty minutes and then an aphrodisiac eight hours later. 1974 ‘J. Black’ Oil (1975) iv. viii. 349 The two men had stayed up the remainder of the night, swallowing Dexamyl spansules while they meticulously went over all that Needham would have to do. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1954
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