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troche

[ troh-kee ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. 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 /

noun

  1. med another name for lozenge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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