confection
[kәn'fekʃәn]
n. 糖, 蜜饯

[医] 糖膏(剂)

1. A rich, sweet confection made with sugar and often flavored or combined with fruits or nuts.
   糖种糖制造味浓而甜糖，通常坚调味混合
2. An antidote against poison, especially a confection formerly held to be an antidote to all poisons.
   解毒解除毒性解毒剂，尤指付毒解毒膏
3. A confection made of nut kernels, especially almonds or pecans, stirred in boiling sugar syrup until crisp and brown.
   干糖干仁，尤指杏仁山核桃仁沸腾糖浆里搅拌至焦脆而制蜜饯

confection
[ noun ]

1. a food rich in sugar

<noun.food>

2. the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

1. make into a confection

<verb.creation> comfit confect
This medicine is home-confected

Confection \Con*fec"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. confectio.]
1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.]

A new confection of mold. --Bacon.

2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a
sweetmeat.

Certain confections . . . are like to candied
conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons.
--Bacon.

3. A composition of drugs. --Shak.

4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal
substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

Note: The pharmacop[oe]ias formerly made a distinction
between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances
and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances
combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is
now abandoned and all are called confections.