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excipient

[ ik-sip-ee-uhnt ]
/ ɪkˈsɪp i ənt /
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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.
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Origin of excipient

1720–30; <Latin excipient- (stem of excipiēns), present participle of excipere to take out, except, take up, equivalent to ex-ex-1 + -cipi- (stem of combining form of capere to take) + -ent--ent
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British Dictionary definitions for excipient

excipient
/ (ɪkˈsɪpɪənt) /

noun
a substance, such as sugar or gum, used to prepare a drug or drugs in a form suitable for administration

Word Origin for excipient

C18: from Latin excipiēns excepting, from excipere to except
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