troche
noun
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.
troches
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pluralof troche.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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After undergoing infusions at a clinic, he said, he transitioned during the pandemic to taking small lozenges called troches at home.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Clysters he prated on; electuaries; troches; the weed that the Gael of him called slanlus or "heal-all;" of unguents loathsomely compounded, but at greatest length and with fullest rapture of his vile phlebotomy.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
It is an ingredient in the pectoral syrup, pectoral troches, the compound lime waters, decoction of the woods, compound powder of gum tragacanth, lenitive electuary, and theriaca.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
The critics of the last century have disputed whether or not this has been misspelled in the original, and should read "trochies" or "troches."
From Of All Things by Robert C. Benchley
She was in and out of her room on the instant, with a box of troches, one of which she held out to her father.
From The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas by Laura Lee Hope
