lozenge
pronunciation
How to pronounce lozenge in British English:
UK [ˈlɒzɪndʒ]
How to pronounce lozenge in American English:
US [ˈlɑzɪndʒ]
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- Noun:
- a small aromatic or medicated candy
- a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
Word Origin
- lozenge (n.)
- figure having four equal sides and two acute and two obtuse angles, early 14c., from Old French losenge "windowpane, small square cake," etc., used for many flat quadrilateral things (Modern French losange). It has cognates in Spanish losanje, Catalan llosange, Italian lozanga. Probably from a pre-Roman Celtic language, perhaps Iberian *lausa or Gaulish *lausa "flat stone" (compare Provençal lausa, Spanish losa, Catalan llosa, Portuguese lousa "slab, tombstone"), from a pre-Celtic language. Originally in English a term in heraldry; meaning "small cake or tablet (originally diamond-shaped) of medicine and sugar, etc., meant to be held in the mouth and dissolved" is from 1520s.
Example
- 1. Determination the catechin in uterus lozenge by hplc .
- 2. A research on the preparing technology of yanhusuo lozenge .
- 3. I 'm going to fetch me a lozenge .
- 4. Ronaldo to sue chinese lozenge maker ?
- 5. In the general population , the lozenge and patch - especially when combined - have been very effective in helping patients quit smoking .