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lozenge

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.

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


lozenge  /lznd/  n. a small medicated candy: He sucked on a throat lozenge to relieve his sore throat. lozenge

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