Excipient

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An inert substance used as a diluent or vehicle for a drug.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Taking an exception.
  • n. An exceptor.
  • n. An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Taking exception; objecting.
  • n. One who excepts. [Rare or obsolete.]
  • n. In medicine, an inert or slightly active substance, as conserve of roses, sugar, jelly, etc., employed as the medium or vehicle for the administration of an active medicine.
    • Word Usage
    "Only medicines in the group "excipient" which are normally registered in a special inventory, such as, the "vidal", would contain as many ingredients."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
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