Look up: excipient

1. Excipient
   Any substances other than the active drug or product which have been appropriately evaluated for safety and are included in a drug delivery system.
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2. Excipient
   An inactive substance that serves as the vehicle or medium for a drug or other active substance.
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3. Excipient
   Ex·cip'i·ent adjective [ Latin excipients , -entis , present participle of exipere . See Except , transitive verb ] Taking an exception.
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4. Excipient
   Ex·cip'i·ent noun 1. An exceptor. [ R.] 2. (Medicine) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents. Chambers.
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5. excipient
   <chemistry, pharmacology> Any more or less inert substance added to a prescription in order to confer a suitable consistency or form to the drug, a vehicle. ... Origin: L. Excipiens, capere = to take ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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6. excipient
   (ek-sip´e-әnt) any more or less inert substance added to a drug to give it suitable consistency or form; called also vehicle.
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7. Excipient
   • (n.) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents. • (n.) An exceptor. • (v. t.) Taking an exception.
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8. excipient
   (L. excipiens, from ex out + capere to take) any more or less inert substance added to a prescription in order to confer a suitable consistency or form to the drug; a vehicle.
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9. excipient
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ek-sip′ē-ent Definitions: 1. A more or less inert substance added in a prescription as a diluent or vehicle or to give form or consistency when the remedy is given in pill form; simple syrup, vegetable gums, aromatic powder, honey, and various elixirs.
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10. Excipient
    An `excipient` is generally a pharmacologically inactive substance used as a carrier for the active ingredients of a medication. In many cases, an "active" substance (such as acetylsalicylic acid) may not be easily administered and absorbed by the human body; in such cases the substance in...
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