excipient
Meaning of excipient
- an inactive substance that serves as the vehicle or medium for a drug or other active substance.
excipients are things like colouring agents, preservatives, and fillers
early 18th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘that takes exception’): from Latin excipient- ‘taking out’, from the verb excipere .
Information about excipient
- It is a name.
- The plural form of excipient is: excipients.
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CatalanHyphenation of excipient
ex-cip-i-ent
- It consists of 4 syllables and 9 chars.
- excipient is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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