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pastille
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pas·tille  (p-stl) also pas·til (pstl)
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 pstillus, little loaf, medicine tablet, diminutive of pnis, bread; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

pastille, pastil [ˈpæstɪl]
n
1. (Cookery) a small flavoured or medicated lozenge for chewing
2. (Chemistry / 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. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a variant of pastel [1]
[via French from Latin pastillus small loaf, from pānis bread]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pastillepastille - a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
lozenge - a small aromatic or medicated candy

pastille
noun lozenge, tablet, troche (Medical), cough drop, jujube a medicated pastille
Translations
pastille [ˈpæstɪl] Npastilla f

pastille [ˈpæstəl] npastille f

pastille
nPastille f

pastille [ˈpæstɪl] npastiglia
pastille [ˈpæstɪl] npastiglia

pastille
n pastille [ˈpӕstəl, (American ) pӕˈsti:l]
a small sweet often containing medicine (usually for infections of the mouth or throat etc) throat pastilles. klontjie قُرْص سُكَّري пастила pastilka pastil; -pastil die Pastille παστίλια pastilla pastill قرص مکیدنی pastilli pastille טַבלִית לִמצִיצָה टिकिया med.pastila pasztilla pastiles hálstafla pastiglia, pasticca 香錠 향정(香錠), 알약 pastilė pastila, tablete pastil pastille pastill pastylka pastilha pastilă пастилка pastilka pastila pastila pastill, tablett ยาอม pastil 香錠,錠劑,含藥(錠,片) пастилка مٹھائي کي طرح کي ايک دوا thuốc trị viêm họng 锭,锭(锭,


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