throat lozenge

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• Throat lozenge — Smith Brothers black from Warner Lambert after 1963 A throat lozenge, cough drop, troche, or cough sweet is a small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs and lubricate and soothe irritated… …   Wikipedia

• Lozenge — This article is about the shape. For the cough tablets, see Throat lozenge. For lozenges in heraldry, see Lozenge (heraldry). Lozenge A lozenge (◊), often referred to as a diamond, is a form of rhombus. The definition of lozenge is not strictly… …   Wikipedia

• lozenge — ► NOUN 1) a rhombus or diamond shape. 2) a small medicinal tablet, originally of this shape, sucked to soothe a sore throat. ORIGIN Old French losenge, probably from Latin lausiae lapides stone slabs …   English terms dictionary

• throat — noun 1 front part of the neck VERB + THROAT ▪ cut, slash, slit ▪ rip out ▪ I wanted to rip his throat out. PREPOSITION ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• lozenge — [[t]lɒ̱zɪnʤ[/t]] lozenges 1) N COUNT Lozenges are sweets which you can suck to make a cough or sore throat better. ...throat lozenges. 2) N COUNT A lozenge is a shape with four corners. The two corners that point up and down are further away than …   English dictionary

• lozenge — UK [ˈlɒzɪndʒ] / US [ˈlɑzəndʒ] noun [countable] Word forms lozenge : singular lozenge plural lozenges 1) medicine shaped like a sweet that you suck if you have a cough or sore throat 2) maths a shape with four sloping sides …   English dictionary

• lozenge — SYN: troche. [Fr. losange, fr. lozangé, rhombic] * * * loz·enge läz ənj n a small usu. sweetened solid piece of medicated material of any of various shapes that is designed to be held in the mouth for slow dissolution and often contains a… …   Medical dictionary

• lozenge — noun Etymology: Middle English losenge, from Anglo French Date: 14th century 1. a figure with four equal sides and two acute and two obtuse angles ; diamond 2. something shaped like a lozenge 3. a small usually sweetened and flavored medicated… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lozenge — noun Lozenge is used after these nouns: ↑throat …   Collocations dictionary

• lozenge — loz|enge [ lazəndʒ ] noun count 1. ) a shape with four sloping sides 2. ) medicine for a sore throat that looks like a candy: COUGH DROP …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lozenge — n. a medicated tablet containing sugar. Lozenges should dissolve slowly in the mouth so that the medication is applied to the mouth and throat …   The new mediacal dictionary