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troche
[ troh-kee ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
troche
/ trəʊʃ /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of troche1
1590–1600; back formation from troches, earlier tro ( s ) chies, late Middle English trocis (taken as plural) < Middle French trocisse < Latin trochiscus < Greek trochískos, equivalent to troch ( ós ) wheel (akin to tréchein to run) + -iskos diminutive suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of troche1
C16: from French trochisque , from Late Latin trochiscus , from Greek trokhiskos little wheel, from trokhos wheel
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Example Sentences
It is idle and unprofitable to dwell further upon the end of Francesco Troche.
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