Troche

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tablet \Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See {Table}.]
     1. A small table or flat surface.
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     2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint,
        draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an


        inscription or a picture.
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     3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]
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     4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
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     5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were
        formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
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     6. (Pharm.) A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly
        made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed
        into little flat squares; -- called also {lozenge}, and
        {troche}, especially when of a round or rounded form.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Troche \Tro"che\ (tr[=o]"k[=e]), n. [Gr. trocho`s anything round
     or circular, a wheel, properly, a runner, fr. tre`chein to
     run. Cf. {Trochee}.] (Pharm.)
     A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular
     form.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  troche
       n : a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat [syn: {cough
           drop}, {pastille}, {pastil}]