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sleeping pill - 3 dictionary results

sleeping pill

–noun
a pill or capsule containing a drug for inducing sleep.

Origin:
1940–45
sleeping pill  
n.  A sedative or hypnotic drug, especially a barbiturate, in the form of a pill or capsule used to relieve insomnia.

Main Entry: sleeping pill
Function: noun
: a drug and especially a barbiturate that is taken as a tablet or capsule to induce sleep called also sleeping tablet
Language Translation for : sleeping pill
Spanish: somnífero,
German: die Schlaftablette,
Japanese: 睡眠薬
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