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ex•cip•i•ent
(ik sip′ē ənt),USA pronunciation n. [Pharm.]
- Drugsa pharmacologically inert, adhesive substance, as honey, syrup, or gum arabic, used to bind the contents of a pill or tablet.
- 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
- 1720–30
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