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loz·enge

 (lŏz′ĭnj)
n.
1. A small, medicated candy intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to lubricate and soothe irritated tissues of the throat.
2.
a. A four-sided planar figure with a diamondlike shape; a rhombus that is not a square.
b. Something having this shape, especially a heraldic device.

[Middle English, rhombus, from Old French losenge, perhaps akin to Provençal lausa, flagstone, roofing slate (from a source akin to Latin lausiae, stone chips, perhaps of Celtic origin ) or from Arabic lawzīnaj, confection made from almonds (from Middle Persian lawzēnak : lawz- ultimately from early Aramaic *lawz-, almond; see lwz in Semitic roots + Middle Persian -ēnak, n. suffix).]
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lozenge

(ˈlɒzɪndʒ)
n
1. (Pharmacology) med Also called: pastille or troche a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved
2. (Mathematics) geometry another name for rhombus
3. (Heraldry) heraldry a diamond-shaped charge
[C14: from Old French losange, of Gaulish origin; compare Vulgar Latin lausa flat stone]
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loz•enge

(ˈlɒz ɪndʒ)

n.
1. a small flavored tablet made from sugar or syrup and often medicated.
2. a diamond-shaped heraldic charge.
[1300–50; Middle English losenge < Middle French, Old French]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.lozenge - a small aromatic or medicated candylozenge - a small aromatic or medicated candy
candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
cachou - a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco)
cough drop, pastil, pastille, troche - a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
2.lozenge - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
bolus - a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
capsule - a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
dose, dosage - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
dragee - pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy
sleeping capsule, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet - a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
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lozenge

noun tablet, pastille, troche, cough drop, jujube throat lozenges
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Translations
شَكْك مُعَيَّنقُرْص نَعْنَع
kosočtverecpastelka
pastilrhombe
e-î tígullagahálstafla, hóstabrjóstsykur
pastilė
rombsrombveida figūrasūkājama tablete
eşkenar dörtgenpastil

lozenge

[ˈlɒzɪndʒ] N
1. (Med) → pastilla f
2. (Math) → rombo m (Heraldry) → losange m
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lozenge

[ˈlɒzɪndʒ] n
(= pill) → pastille f
(= shape) → losange m
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lozenge

n
(Med) → Pastille f
(= shape)Raute f, → Rhombus m
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lozenge

[ˈlɒzɪndʒ] n (Med) → pastiglia (Geom) → losanga
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lozenge

(ˈlozindʒ) noun
1. a small sweet for sucking. peppermint lozenges.
2. a diamond-shaped figure.
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loz·enge

n. pastilla que se disuelve en la boca.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

lozenge

n pastilla para chupar
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References in classic literature ?
Napoleon took a lozenge, put it in his mouth, and glanced at his watch.
How the junior partner of Hobbs and Dobbs leads her smiling to the carriage with the lozenge upon it, and the fat wheezy coachman!
Pullet, with a punctuation determined by a lozenge on his tongue.
The little thing would not eat, but it sucked at a lozenge greedily, and said it liked the salt taste.
In an instant the apartment had shifted its form into that of a lozenge. But the alteration stopped not here-I neither hoped nor desired it to stop.
The most she will probably do is to suggest a lozenge, and even that in a tone implying that it is the noise more than anything else she is anxious to get rid of.
How is the son of a British yeoman, who has been fed principally on salt pork and yeast dumplings, to know that there is satiety for the human stomach even in a paradise of glass jars full of sugared almonds and pink lozenges, and that the tedium of life can reach a pitch where plum-buns at discretion cease to offer the slightest excitement?
He found nothing missing, but he found this box full of lozenges, which he knows quite well was half full before you went in.
We had quite a nice time, although I understood why Dan objected to them when they patted us all on the head and told us whom we resembled and gave us peppermint lozenges.
To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long, which were arranged in a neat row beside their grave, and were sacred to the memory of five little brothers of mine - who gave up trying to get a living, exceedingly early in that universal struggle - I am indebted for a belief I religiously entertained that they had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence.
Here are some lozenges which I have made up on purpose; they are compounded doubly strong." Monte Cristo opened the tortoise-shell box, which the lady presented to him, and inhaled the odor of the lozenges with the air of an amateur who thoroughly appreciated their composition.
Robinson was not only "turrible neat," but "turrible close," so that the refreshments were likely to be peppermint lozenges and glasses of well water.