troche

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See also: Troche and trochę

English

Etymology

Medical English got troche and trochiscus from late Latin trochiscus; from Ancient Greek τρόχισκος (trókhiskos, “a small ball”), ultimately from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

troche (plural troches)

  1. A lozenge; a cough drop.
    • 1652, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician, page 260:
      At night when you go to bed, take two drams of fine Gum Tragecanth, put it into a Galli-pot, and put half a quarter of a pint of any distilling water fitting the purpose you would make your Troches for, to it, cover it, and the next morning you shall finde it in such a Jelly as Physician, call Mussilage, with this you may (with a little pains taking) make any Pouder into Paste, and that Paste into little Cakes called Troches.
    • 1909, A. Emil Hiss, The International Formulary, volume 1, page 515:
      The Germ. Pharm. states that the troches (pastilles) are to be made by compression or by massing with a suitable excipient, and forming into troches.
    • 2015, Robert P. Shrewsbury, Applied Pharmaceutics in Contemporary Compounding, page 215:
      The troches are weighed and the average weight per troche for that base is calculated.

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

troche

  1. vocative singular of trochus

Spanish

Noun

troche

  1. Only used in a troche y moche
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