A seal-shaped capsule or wafer made of flour for enclosing powders of disagreeable taste. The sealed dosage form is wetted and swallowed. [Fr. a seal]
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ca·chet ka-'shā n a medicinal preparation for swallowing consisting of a case usu. of rice-flour paste containing an unpleasant-tasting medicine called also wafer, wafer capsule
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a flat capsule containing a drug that has an unpleasant taste. The cachet is swallowed intact by the patient.
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ca·chet (kă-shaґ) [Fr.] a disk-shaped wafer or capsule for enclosing a dose of medicine.Medical dictionary. 2011.