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lozenge

[loz-inj] / ˈlɒz ɪndʒ /
NOUN
troche
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NOUN
medicinal dose
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There’s always a lozenge in my bag, just in case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024

The machine itself rolled lozenge dough and pressed them into perfect discs, thus eliminating the use of mortar and pestle to manually knead, roll and cut out the dough.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024

It is an enormous yellow lozenge moored to the seafloor with two giant turbines attached on what look like great wings.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023

The candy heart was born during the lozenge craze of the mid-1800s, when apothecaries sold medicated candies to soothe sore throats and suppress coughs.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

And so she continued, at the same pace, to sweep the dust, cigarette ends, and lozenge wrappers from the rest of the steps, until she reached the letter boxes at the bottom.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

He reportedly tossed lozenges into the audience when a fit of coughing disrupted a performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

Instead, Prof Smith says the best approach is for people to "wait it out", drink water to stay hydrated and take lozenges that encourage swallowing and "inhibit a cough" for a period of time.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

Thousands of diamonds studded the jewels, as well as sapphires and emeralds the size of lozenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

That approach is standard practice in the U.K., but it’s outside the medical mainstream in the U.S., where only pharmaceutical-grade medications like nicotine gum and lozenges are formally approved to help smokers quit.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

On benches under the portico, elderly women from the nursing home sat in pairs, in knee-length overcoats with oversized buttons, eating lozenges.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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