Troches and lozenges are tablets designed to dissolve in the ________ rather than be swallowed.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
mouth
Rather than being swallowed, troches and lozenges are tablet designed to dissolve in the mouth.
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A 56-year-old African American nurse applied for a job at a small privately owned clinic
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