(n.) A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form.
Example Sentences:
(1) We evaluated the usefulness of PGE2 on chemotherapy-associated oral mucosal lesions of the patients with hematological malignancies and compared the efficacy of the troche with that of the tablet.
(2) The BBMs between Bosch and Rodriguez include references to code names for numerous banned substances, such as: Gummies (troches containing testosterone); Pink Food or Pink Cream (a transdermal cream containing testosterone); Blue or PM Cream (a transdermal cream containing testosterone); Liquid Soup or Red Liquid (a melted or liquefied form of a troche containing testosterone); and Cojete or Rocket (a subcutaneous syringe containing, among other things IGF1, [insulin growth factor].
(3) The median duration of oropharyngeal candidiasis after the start of therapy was three days in those treated with the 50-mg troche and four days in those who had received the 10-mg troche.
(4) Clotrimazole troches have been previously reported to be effective in the treatment of documented oral Candida infection.
(5) The troches were not chewed, but were retained in the mouth until completely dissolved.
(6) An open study designed to compare the effectiveness and safety of clotrimazole troches with nystatin oral suspension in the prevention of oropharyngeal candidiasis was conducted.
(7) After the blind phase of their trial, 15 patients were treated with clotrimazole troches in an open trial.
(8) One half of the patients received one 10-mg troche and the other half received one 50-mg troche, five times a day for two weeks.
(9) These included producer Rose Troche , who directed the lesbian romance Go Fish in 1994 and recently oversaw The L Word on TV.
(10) Oral candidiasis is treated with nystatin suspension, clotrimazole troches, ketoconazole or fluconazole, with fluconazole used for resistant or more invasive infection.
(11) Thirty-four patients received either clotrimazole troches, 10 mg, five times daily, or nystatin suspension, 500,000 units, four times daily.
(12) Clotrimazole troches are effective, less expensive, and easier to self-administer than nystatin oral suspension.
(13) Twenty patients with chronic oral candidiasis were assigned by random allocation to a two-week course of either 10-mg clotrimazole buccal troches or placebo taken five times daily in a double-blind clinical trial.
(14) 'Ellen put us back by 10 years in network TV,' says Troche.
(15) One hundred and fourty five cases were evaluable (Tablet; 85, Troche; 60).
(16) In case that sounds dangerously earnest, co-writer and director Rose Troche points out that each episode begins with 'a random act of sex'.
(17) In this paper the safety evaluation of the troches is reported.
(18) One-half of the patients took one 10 mg troche and the other half of the patients one 50 mg troche, ten times a day.
(19) A comparative study between itraconazole capsules (200 mg once daily) and clotrimazole troches (10 mg five times daily) showed equivalent results at the end of therapy but a significantly faster response to itraconazole and a faster relapse rate with clotrimazole.
(20) One to three troches per day were found adequate to sustain remissions.
Trochee
Definition:
(n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have studied a special case where the subject hears 4 repetitions of a simple rhythmic pattern (iamb 300-600 ms, or trochee 600-300 ms), the interval between two patterns being 1200 ms.
(2) Various testing and training materials (Chinese version of the monosyllable-trochee-spondee [MTS] test) as well as modified candidate evaluation procedures and criteria were applied.
(3) The children were tested preimplant and at 6-month intervals up to 2 years using the Monosyllable-Trochee-Spondee test (MTS), the Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification test (WIPI), and Phonetically Balanced Kindergarten (PB-K) or Northwestern University List 6 (NU-6) word lists.
(4) Variables included: age; etiology and nature of deafness; type of implant worn; pre- and postimplant warble tone and speech detection thresholds; postimplant performance on the Monosyllable-Trochee-Spondee (MTS) and Environmental Sounds tests; postimplant electrical thresholds, uncomfortable loudness levels, and dynamic range; I.Q.