blister pack

noun

variants or less commonly blister card

1

: a package holding and displaying merchandise in a clear plastic case sealed to a sheet of cardboard

Thousands of products, from rubber bands to radios, are sold in blister packs, tight-fitting sandwiches of plastic and cardboard.

—Ellen Ruppel Shell

2

: a card holding usually medicinal tablets or capsules that are individually packaged in a clear plastic case sealed to the card

A study presented to the American Heart Association found elderly patients taking high-blood-pressure medication were more likely to have prescriptions refilled on time if their drugs came in a blister pack. Unlike bottles, blister packs act as pill calendars—making it easier to determine when a pill has been taken.

—David Bjerklie

Examples of blister pack in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On further examination, a nurse noticed the back of the blister pack appeared to have been tampered with and some of the tablets looked different from the typical oxycodone tablets. — Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 22 May 2026

Several online pharmacies offer pill pack and blister pack services, including PillPack by Amazon Pharmacy, Accupacrx, CVS Health, and Express Scripts. — Barbara Wolf, STAT, 15 May 2026

Use organizer tools, like a pillbox or blister packs, to have all your doses in one place. — Kirstyn Hill, Health, 1 Apr. 2026

There might be some discussion in the baseball card community as to whether these blister packs were worth more closed than open, but that just might be a dash of hopeful optimism. — Curtis Silver, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blister pack

• almanac
• camelback
• cardiac
• carryback
• cluniac
• diamondback
• lumberjack
• maniac
• paperback
• piggyback
• quarterback
• saddleback

Medical Definition

blister pack

noun

variants also blister card

: a card holding usually medicinal tablets or capsules that are individually packaged in a clear plastic case sealed to the card