Trō'chē, n.

(trō'kee), n. [Gr. τροχός, any thing round or circular, a wheel, properly a runner, from τρέχειν, to run.] A form of medicine in a circular cake or tablet, or a stiff paste cut into proper portions and dried. It is made by mixing the medicine with sugar and mucilage, and is intended to be gradually dissolved in the mouth, and slowly swallowed, as a demulcent.