plural caplets
: a capsule-shaped medicinal tablet
Note: The name Caplets was formerly a U.S. registered trademark.
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Fiber supplements are sold at pharmacies and grocery stores in forms like powders, caplets, and gummies.
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Courtney Southwick, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
The supplements were sold in white, blue and black bottles containing 30 caplets of 850mg strength.
—Hatty Willmoth, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Adults and children 12 years and older may use the oral caplets.
—Rosanna Sutherby, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2024
The caplets are designed to be easily swallowed and absorbed by the body, ensuring maximum efficacy.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
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Courtney Southwick, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
The supplements were sold in white, blue and black bottles containing 30 caplets of 850mg strength.
—Hatty Willmoth, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Adults and children 12 years and older may use the oral caplets.
—Rosanna Sutherby, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2024
The caplets are designed to be easily swallowed and absorbed by the body, ensuring maximum efficacy.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
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“Caplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caplet. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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caplet
noun
cap·let
ˈka-plət 
: a capsule-shaped medicinal tablet
After Tylenol capsules were twice contaminated with cyanide, … the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company phased out capsules entirely, replacing them with either capsule-shaped tablets known as caplets or gelatin-covered tablets, known as gelcaps, that look like capsules.—Malcolm Gladwell, The Washington Post
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