excipient

Meaning

Noun

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

Adj

Taking an exception.

Synonyms

filler

solvent

vehicle

added ingredient

inactive part of drug

Translations

excipient

eccipiente

excipiente

Hilfsstoff

έκδοχο

Hülle einer Arznei

substance neutre

Trägersubstanz

excipiens

excipiente

Bindemittel

Etymology

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