troche

[ troh-kee ]
/ ˈtroʊ ki /

noun Pharmacology.

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.

Origin of troche

1590–1600; back formation from troches, earlier tro(s)chies, late Middle English trocis (taken as plural) < Middle French trocisse < Latin trochiscus < Greek trochískos, equivalent to troch(ós) wheel (akin to tréchein to run) + -iskos diminutive suffix

British Dictionary definitions for troche

troche
/ (trəʊʃ) /

noun

med another name for lozenge (def. 1)

Word Origin for troche

C16: from French trochisque, from Late Latin trochiscus, from Greek trokhiskos little wheel, from trokhos wheel

Medical definitions for troche

troche
[ trōkē ]

n.

A small, circular medicinal lozenge; a pastille.