excipient
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia excipient (plural excipients)
- (pharmacy) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.
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Translations [edit]
Drug additive without therapeutic or diagnostic effect
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Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
excipient
- third-person plural future active indicative of excipiō
- "they will take out; they will except"
- "they will rescue"
- "they will receive, they will capture"