diet pill

American  

noun

1. a tablet or capsule containing chemical substances that aid in reducing or controlling body weight, usually by suppressing the appetite.

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Etymology

Origin of diet pill

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

“I had been on the overweight, obese side, and then I had quickly seesawed to the very, very thin side—too thin. At this point in my life I was no better off, no more intelligent, and had no more knowledge than I did when I took that first diet pill in the sixth grade. Now it was time for me to try to find some balance, some middle ground, for the first time in my life.”

From Salon

“We did every product that you could imagine — from cupcake endorsements to a diet pill at the same time, to sneakers or things that I didn’t know enough about for them to be super-authentic to me,” the reality television star told The Times in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times

When a nurse practitioner prescribed Mounjaro to Marcela Romero to lower her blood sugar in November 2022, she bristled at the idea of taking a “diet pill,” she said.

From Seattle Times

“The plastics are a diet pill for these animals,” said Karin Kvale, a carbon cycle scientist at GNS Science in New Zealand.

From New York Times

They allege that the company allowed the drug, called Mediator, to be widely and irresponsibly prescribed as a diet pill — with deadly consequences.

From Seattle Times