EXCIPIENT


Meaning of EXCIPIENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ik-ˈsi-pē-ənt ]

noun

Etymology: Latin excipient-, excipiens, present participle of excipere to take out, take up — more at except

Date: circa 1753

: a usually inert substance (as gum arabic or starch) that forms a vehicle (as for a drug)

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