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tro⋅che

  [troh-kee]
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–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.
Origin:
1590–1600; back formation from troches, earlier tro(s)chies, late ME trocis (taken as pl.) < MF trocisse < L trochiscus < Gk trochískos, equiv. to troch(ós) wheel (akin to tréchein to run) + -iskos dim. suffix
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tro·che   (trō'kē)   
n.  A small, circular medicinal lozenge; a pastille.

[Back-formation from Middle English trocis, troches (taken as pl. ), from Old French trocisse, from Late Latin trochiscus, from Greek trokhiskos, diminutive of trokhos, wheel, from trekhein, to run.]
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Main Entry: tro·che
Pronunciation: 'trO-kE, Brit usu 'trOsh
Function: noun
: LOZENGE
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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troche tro·che (trō'kē)
n.
A small, circular medicinal lozenge; a pastille.

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