1º_ Participle of the verb compress . 2º_ As an adjective it is said of what is reduced in size by compression, or of what is narrower than usual. 3º_ As a noun it is commonly used for the dose of drug concentrated in a capsule or pill.
It means narrow, compact. In Colombia it is synonymous with pill, pill, tablet, jelly, pasta. Medicinal product administered orally in the form of lentil.