A small tablet-shaped like a capsule or pill, often easier to swallow than a regular tablet.
Blend of 'capsule' and 'tablet' created in the 1960s by pharmaceutical companies seeking a marketing term for elongated tablets that resembled capsules but were actually solid tablets.
Caplets are a brilliant example of how the pharmaceutical industry invents words to make medicines seem more appealing—the 'cap' prefix makes people think of familiar capsules, even though caplets are technically tablets!
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