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pas·til

, pastille (pas'til, pas-tēl'),

1. A small mass of benzoin and other aromatic substances to be burned for fumigation.

2. Synonym(s): troche

[Fr. pastille; L. pastillus, a roll (of bread), dim. of panis, bread]

pastille

(pă-stēl′) also

pastil

(păs′tĭl)

1. A small medicated or flavored tablet; a troche.

2. A tablet containing aromatic substances that is burned to fumigate or deodorize the air.

3. A pastel paste or crayon.

pastille

[pastēl′, pas′til]

1 a gelatin-based sweetened and molded medication impregnated with a therapeutic substance intended to be sucked. See also troche.

2 a chemically treated paper disk that undergoes color changes when exposed to radiation.

3 a small mass containing aromatic substances and benzoic acid that is burned for fumigation. Also spelled pastil.

pas·tille

, pastil (pas-tēl', pas'til)

1. A small mass of benzoin and other aromatic substances to be burned for fumigation.

2. Synonym(s): troche.

[Fr. pastille; L. pastillus, a roll (of bread), dim. of panis, bread]

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