troche

See also: Troche and trochę

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”) because the shape of the original tablets were circular.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹoʊ.ki/
  • Homophone: trochee
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹəʊʃ/

Noun

troche (plural troches)

1. A lozenge; a cough drop.
   • 1652, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician, page 260:

     At night when you go to bed, take two drams of fine Gum Tragecanth, put it into a Galli-pot, and put half a quarter of a pint of any distilling water fitting the purpose you would make your Troches for, to it, cover it, and the next morning you shall finde it in such a Jelly as Physician, call Mussilage, with this you may (with a little pains taking) make any Pouder into Paste, and that Paste into little Cakes called Troches.

   • 1909, A. Emil Hiss, The International Formulary, volume 1, page 515:

     The Germ. Pharm. states that the troches (pastilles) are to be made by compression or by massing with a suitable excipient, and forming into troches.

   • 2015, Robert P. Shrewsbury, Applied Pharmaceutics in Contemporary Compounding, page 215:

     The troches are weighed and the average weight per troche for that base is calculated.

Anagrams

• Hector, hector, orchet, rochet, rotche, tocher

Latin

Noun

troche

1. vocative singular of trochus

Spanish

Noun

troche

1. Only used in a troche y moche