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excipient

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ex⋅cip⋅i⋅ent

  [ik-sip-ee-uhnt]
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–noun Pharmacology.
a pharmacologically inert, adhesive substance, as honey, syrup, or gum arabic, used to bind the contents of a pill or tablet.
Origin:
1720–30; < L excipient- (s. of excipiēns), prp. of excipere to take out, except, take up, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + -cipi- (s. of comb. form of capere to take) + -ent- -ent
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ex·cip·i·ent   (ĭk-sĭp'ē-ənt)   
n.  An inert substance used as a diluent or vehicle for a drug.

[Latin excipiēns, excipient-, present participle of excipere, to take out, exclude; see except.]
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Main Entry: ex·cip·i·ent
Pronunciation: ik-'sip-E-&nt
Function: noun
: a usually inert substance (as gum arabic, syrup, lanolin, orstarch) that forms a vehicle (as for a drug or antigen); especially : one that in the presence of sufficient liquid gives a medicated mixture the adhesive quality needed for thepreparation of pills or tablets
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excipient ex·cip·i·ent (ĭk-sĭp'ē-ənt)
n.
An inert substance used as a diluent or vehicle for a drug.

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