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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tro•che (trō′kē),USA pronunciation n. [Pharm.]- Drugsa 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.
- Greek trochískos, equivalent. to troch(ós) wheel (akin to tréchein to run) + -iskos diminutive suffix
- Latin trochiscus
- Middle French trocisse
- back formation from troches, earlier tro(s)chies, late Middle English trocis (taken as plural) 1590–1600
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: troche /trəʊʃ/ n - another name for lozenge
Etymology: 16th Century: from French trochisque, from Late Latin trochiscus, from Greek trokhiskos little wheel, from trokhos wheel |