"cough drop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cough drops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cough drop (plural cough drops)
  1. A small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to relieve coughing symptoms temporarily. Synonyms: troche, cachou, cough sweet, throat lozenge, throat sweet, coughdrop Translations (tablet to stop coughs): 含片 (hánpiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 喉片 (hóupiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), yskänpastilli (Finnish), Hustenbonbon [masculine, neuter] (German), Halsbonbon [masculine, neuter] (German), Eukalyptusbonbon [neuter] (German), losainn chasachta [feminine] (Irish), トローチ (torōchi) (Japanese)

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