Pharm. Pl. -æ. [L. dim. of tabula TABLE.] = TABLET 3.
1693. trans. Blancard’s Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Tabella, a solid Medicine taken inwardly, made of Powder, and three or four times as much Sugar … made into little round Cakes upon a Marble Stone.
1706. Phillips (ed. 6).
1890. Allen & Hanbury’s Advt., in Lancet, 25 Oct., 74. It … renders our Compressed Tabellæ the most eligible form for the administration of several important medicines.
