enteric-coated
B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Describing a tablet or capsule with a coating that resists stomach acid so the drug is released in the intestine.
Because the tablets are enteric-coated, I advised her not to chew them or the coating's protection would be lost.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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