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jansan06/16/20251 replyview on HN

In Germany we have "Retard-Tabletten" (Tabletten = pills), which are not intended to stop (or accelerate) cognitive decline, but release the active ingredients with a delay.


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perching_aix06/16/2025

We have those too. I wonder how many people actually know that's what that means, cause it's not an everyday word by far here in this meaning.

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