excipient

Meanings

Noun

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

Adjective

Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin excipiēns, present participle of excipiō. See except.

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