lozenge
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈlɑːzɪndʒ/
:
pastilla
- She sucked on a lozenge to soothe her sore throat.
They come as capsules, tablets, lozenges, and nasal sprays.
- They come as capsules, tablets, lozenges, and nasal sprays.
- Get rid of your cigarettes, unplug your vape, throw out your dip and get some Lucy nicotine gum or lozenges.
- Like, you know, for a guy like me, like at one point they'd given me like these lozenges for it, you know what I mean?
Examples
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Good Lord, Moose, will you calm down, get a throat lozenge?
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Use as directed, take one lozenge every 1-2 hours.
Academic text (2005) -
You got a lozenge or something?
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I thought it was a lozenge.
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Come here, I'll give you a lozenge, honey.
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You need some throat lozenges or something?
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I could smell the lemon lozenges on her breath.
Fiction book (1999) -
I have from London some of Dr. Preston's excellent lozenges.
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DXM is available as a liquid and in powder, lozenge, tablet, capsule, and gel cap form.
Academic text (2006) -
Small frequent meals, good mouth care, or sucking lozenges may help if you experience nausea.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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7.6
A sweet with medicine that you let melt in your mouth to soothe a sore throat or ease a cough
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4.2
A small medicine like a lozenge that relieves throat irritation
How Soothing
- US
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1.7
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5.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lozenge comes from an old French word losenge that meant a small 'diamond' or rhombus shape. These little sweets or throat tablets were often made in that diamond shape, so the shape's name became the name of the candy or medicine. So, a lozenge is a small tablet you suck to soothe your throat.