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troche

[troh-kee] / ˈtroʊ ki /
NOUN
capsule
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NOUN
lozenge
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Mike’s testosterone troche: In 1964, Packers halfback Paul Hornung had the worst kicking season of all time.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2014

Josh’s testosterone troche: A manifesto against gambling manifestos.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2014

Tab′loid, a small tablet containing a certain definite portion of some drug, a troche or lozenge.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

"Have a troche, Kronborg," he said, producing some.

From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather

Local anesthesia is unnecessary as well as dangerous in children; and its application is likely to dislodge the foreign body unless used as a troche.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

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

Medicines are directed to be administered internally in the form of decoctions, infusions, injections, pills, tablets, troches, capsules, powders, potions and inhalations; and externally, as lotions, ointments, plasters, etc.

From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh

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

They are leaves, herbs, roots, barks, seeds, flowers, juices, distilled waters, syrups, juleps, decoctions, oils, electuaries, conserves, preserves, lohocks, ointments, plasters, poultices, troches, and pills.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle

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




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