Excipient Definition

ĭk-sĭpē-ənt
noun
Any of various inert substances added to a prescription to give the desired consistency or form.
Webster's New World

(pharmacy) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.

Wiktionary

An exceptor.

Wiktionary
adjective

Taking an exception.

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Other Word Forms of Excipient

Noun

Singular:
excipient
Plural:
excipients

Origin of Excipient

  • Latin excipiēns excipient- present participle of excipere to take out, exclude except

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin excipients, -entis, p. pr. of exipere. See except.

    From Wiktionary

Excipient Sentence Examples

  • There are therefore in most prescriptions (i) a basis or chief ingredient intended to cure (curare), (2) an adjuvant to assist its action and make it cure quickly (cito), (3) a corrective to prevent or lessen any undesirable effect (tuto), and (4) a vehicle or excipient to make it suitable for administration and pleasant to the patient (jucunde).

  • I am using microcrystalline cellulose, a major pharmaceutical excipient, in various forms of soft solid.

  • Gum tragacanth is used in calico-printing as a thickener of colours and mordants; in medicine as a demulcent and vehicle for insoluble powders, and as an excipient in pills; and feltsetting and mending beetles and other insect specimens.

  • The use of medications containing a lactose excipient should be avoided if possible.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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