troche

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

troche(n = noun.food) cough drop, pastil, pastille - a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat; Array

is a kind of lozenge

troche, n. [Gr. trocho`s anything round or circular, a wheel, properly, a runner, fr. tre`chein to run. Cf. Trochee.].

A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form. [1913 Webster]

troche, n. a small usu. circular medicated tablet or lozenge.

Etymology

obs. trochisk f. OF trochisque f. LL trochiscus f. Gk trokhiskos dimin. of trokhos wheel

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