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pas·tille
(pă-stēl′) also pas·til (păs′tĭl)n.
1. A small medicated or flavored tablet; a troche.
2. A tablet containing aromatic substances that is burned to fumigate or deodorize the air.
3. A pastel paste or crayon.
[French, from Spanish pastilla, perfume pellet, and Italian pastillo, pastille, both from Latin pāstillus, little loaf, medicine tablet, diminutive of pānis, bread; see pā- in Indo-European roots.]
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pastille
(ˈpæstɪl) orpastil
n
1. (Cookery) a small flavoured or medicated lozenge for chewing
2. (Elements & Compounds) an aromatic substance burnt to fumigate the air
3. (Medicine) med a small coated paper disc formerly used to estimate the dose or intensity of radiation (esp of X-rays): it changes colour when exposed
4. (Art Terms) a variant of pastel1
[C17: via French from Latin pastillus small loaf, from pānis bread]
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pas•tille
(pæˈstil, -ˈstɪl)also pas•til
(ˈpæs tɪl)n.
a flavored or medicated lozenge; troche.
[1610–20; < French < Sp pastilla; akin to Latin pastillus lump of meal, lozenge, akin to pānis bread]
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Noun | 1. | pastille - a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat lozenge - a small aromatic or medicated candy |
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pastille
noun lozenge, tablet, troche (Medical), cough drop, jujube a medicated pastille
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Translations
قُرْص سُكَّري
pastilka
pastil
hálstafla
pastila, tablete
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pastille
n → Pastille f
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pastille
(ˈpӕstəl) , ((American) pӕˈsti:l) noun a small sweet often containing medicine (usually for infections of the mouth or throat etc). throat pastilles.
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