blister pack

American  

noun

1. a package consisting of a clear plastic overlay affixed to a cardboard backing for protecting and displaying a product.

   a blister pack of four flashlight batteries.

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blister pack British  

noun

1. Also called: bubble pack.  a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard

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Etymology

Origin of blister pack

First recorded in 1950–55; from the shape of the plastic

Example Sentences

Among the growing piles of neatly stored cardboard, papers and blister packs, she said if the strike went on any longer, she would "learn to live with it".

From BBC

A packaging mix-up led to a number of blister packs carrying 24 inactive pills, instead of 24 hormone-containing active pills.

From BBC

“It’s like a woman’s handbag, there’s so much stuff,” he muttered, poking around real and fake passports, a letter with hearts on it, blister packs of pills.

From Seattle Times

That could be because the medication is readily available in Mexico through legal means, or simply because it comes in harder-to-fake blister packs.

From Los Angeles Times

"Another strategy may be a transition from pill bottles to unit-dose packaging, like blister packs, which may aid in remembering whether a medication has already been taken or given."

From Science Daily