lozenge

loz·enge  (lznj)

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.

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[Middle English, rhombus, from Old French losenge, perhaps of Celtic origin.]

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lozenge [ˈlɒzɪndʒ]

n

1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Also called pastille troche Med a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved

2. (Mathematics) Geometry another name for rhombus

3. (History / Heraldry) Heraldry a diamond-shaped charge

[from Old French losange, of Gaulish origin; compare Vulgar Latin lausa flat stone]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lozenge - 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 pill, tablet, tab 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

Translations

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

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lozenge [ˈlɒzɪndʒ] n (Med) → pastiglia (Geom) → losanga

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lozenge

n lozenge [ˈlozindʒ]

1 a small sweet for sucking peppermint lozenges. suigpil قُرْص نَعْنَع бонбонче pastelka pastil die Pastille καραμέλα pastilla pastill آب نبات مکیدنی pastilli pastille טַבלִייָה गले की खराश मिटाने की टिकिया या चूष pastila pasztilla, cukorka pastiles hálstafla, hóstabrjóstsykur pastiglia あめ 약용 박하 드롭스 pastilė sūkājama tablete lozeng tablet pastill, sukkertøy pastylka lozango pastilă, tabletă пастилка pastilka pastila pastila tablett, pastill ยาอม pastil 糖錠，止咳糖 таблетка چوسنے والی مٹھائی viên kẹo hình thoi 糖锭，止咳糖

2 a diamond-shaped figure. geruit, ruitvormig شَكْك مُعَيَّن ромб kosočtverec rhombe die Raute ρόμβος rombo romb لوزی vinoneliö losange מְעוּיָן सम चतुर्भुज romb rombusz belah ketupat e-ð tígullaga losanga ひし形 마름모꼴 rombas rombs; rombveida figūra bentuk potongan wajik ruit rute; rombe romb lozango romb ромб kosoštvorec romb romb diamantsnitt เพชรพลอย eşkenar dörtgen 菱形物 ромб شکل لوزی có hình thoi 菱形物