LOZENGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lozenge mean? 

• LOZENGE (noun)
  The noun LOZENGE has 2 senses:

1. a small aromatic or medicated candy

2. a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

  Familiarity information: LOZENGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOZENGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small aromatic or medicated candy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lozenge" is a kind of...):

candy; confect (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lozenge"):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lozenge; pill; tab; tablet

Hypernyms ("lozenge" is a kind of...):

dosage; dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lozenge"):

bolus (a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine)

capsule (a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside)

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))

 Context examples 

A prescription is not needed for nicotine lozenges.

(Nicotine lozenge, NCI Dictionary)

A lozenge containing an extract from the Lactobacillus brevis (L. brevis) with potential anti-inflammatory activity.

(Lactobacillus brevis CD2 Lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a lozenge.

(Lozenge Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A lozenge preparation containing the alkaloid nicotine with nicotine replacement activity.

(Nicotine lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

These products include nicotine gum, nicotine inhaler, nicotine nasal spray, nicotine lozenges, and nicotine patch.

(Nicotine Replacement, NCI Dictionary)

These products include nicotine gum, nicotine inhaler, nicotine nasal spray, nicotine lozenges, and nicotine patch, and some are available without a prescription.

(Nicotine replacement therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Green tea lozenge contains polyphenols that are believed to be responsible for its chemopreventive effect.

(Green Tea Lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

A lozenge containing lyophilized black raspberry with potential antioxidant, pro-apoptotic, anti-angiogenic and chemopreventive activities.

(Lyophilized Black Raspberry Lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

Binders provide the matrix from which the drug is gradually secreted.Binding agents which have adhesive properties are important excipients, especially for lozenges and tablets.

(Binder Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)

A lollipop is a lozenge on a stick.

(Lozenge Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)