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De - Pt| English Dictionary: troche | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for troche | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tablet \Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See {Table}.] 1. A small table or flat surface. 2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture. 3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.] 4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book. 5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague. 6. (Pharm.) A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also {lozenge}, and {troche}, especially when of a round or rounded form. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Troche \Tro"che\ (tr[omac]"k[emac]), n. [Gr. trocho`s anything round or circular, a wheel, properly, a runner, fr. tre`chein to run. Cf. {Trochee}.] (Pharm.) A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form. | |
