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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An inert substance used as a diluent or vehicle for a drug.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Taking exception; objecting.
  2. n. One who excepts. [Rare or obsolete.]
  3. 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.

Wiktionary

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

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Taking an exception.
  2. n. rare An exceptor.
  3. n. (Med., Pharmacy) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.

Etymologies

  1. Latin excipiēns, excipient-, present participle of excipere, to take out, exclude; see except. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Only medicines in the group "excipient" which are normally registered in a special inventory, such as, the "vidal", would contain as many ingredients.”

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  • “Pharmaceutical grade lactose is employed as a pharmaceutical excipient.”

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  • “French company Roquette has been awarded a US patent for a dissolve-in-the-mouth drug delivery technology that makes use of its novel Starlac excipient.”

    Lactose and Medications

  • “The US patent, awarded to Roquette earlier this month, covers a solid dose form based on lactose and starch, the constituents of Starlac excipient, alongside one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).”

    Lactose and Medications

  • “Use of the excipient could allow the creation of tablets that are hard and resistant to damage during handling, yet still disintegrate quickly in saliva after dosing.”

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  • “Starlac is preferred for ODT and chewable formulas where palatability is a 'must'," he said, adding that the excipient provides a creamy mouthfeel that mannitol doesn't provide.”

    Archive 2007-04-01

  • “So, at this point, we see that the vaccine contains: Allantoin and its breakdown products; various egg proteins; gentamicin, an antibiotic; formaldehyde; resin, and tri butylphosphate, as well as polysorbate 80, which is used as an excipient in formulating tablets.”

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  • “****** It's also not rocket science to see that those hundreds of thousands of antigens are processed via the Waldeyer's ring, without the addition of excipient.”

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...

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  1. exceptor

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. mannitol
  1. lactose
  1. cucupha
  1. vehicle

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