LOZENGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Synonyms:

lozenge; pill; tab; tablet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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))

Sense 2

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)

Credits

Context examples:

“Argent,” Alleyne answered, “a fess azure charged with three lozenges dividing three mullets sable. Over all, on an escutcheon of the first, a jambe gules.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As L. brevis CD2 contains high levels of arginine deiminase, which catalyzes the conversion of arginine to citrulline and ammonia, administration of this lozenge leads to hydrolysis of arginine in the oral cavity.

(Lactobacillus brevis CD2 Lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

A lozenge preparation of green tea, derived from the dried leaves of Camellia sinensis, with potential antioxidant and chemopreventive activities.

(Green Tea Lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

Thus, one would be a better agent for a lozenge when slow dissolution in the mouth is desirable whereas another would provide more rapid disintegration for other purposes.

(Binder Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration of the lozenge, nicotine is released and, although nicotine binds to nicotinic cholinergic receptors at the autonomic ganglia, adrenal medulla and at neuromuscular junctions as well, the binding of nicotine to the receptors in the central nervous system (CNS) appears to be responsible for the addictive nature of nicotine.