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troche en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɹoʊ.ki/ (General-American)
• /ˈtɹəʊʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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”).

Meanings

1. A lozenge; a cough drop.
   • 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. 1652, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician, page 260:
   • The troches are weighed and the average weight per troche for that base is calculated. 2015, Robert P. Shrewsbury, Applied Pharmaceutics in Contemporary Compounding, page 215:
   • 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. 1909, A. Emil Hiss, The International Formulary, volume 1, page 515:

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