noun
sublingual tablet
Medical term for a tablet designed to dissolve under the tongue for rapid absorption.
この薬は舌下錠なので、水なしで服用できます。
This medicine is a sublingual tablet, so you can take it without water.
Lozenge; often sucked slowly, while a sublingual tablet is placed under the tongue for absorption.
Compound of 舌下 (zekka, 'sublingual') + 錠 (jō, 'tablet'). The reading ぜっかじょう follows standard on'yomi.