How some medicines are taken Crossword Clue

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How some medicines are taken Crossword Answer

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(adverb)
1. by spoken rather than written means
2. (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; by mouth

Hint 2: Clue Definition

TAKEN (adjective)
1. understood in a certain way; made sense of
2. be affected with an indisposition

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