"excipient" meaning in English

See excipient in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more excipient [comparative], most excipient [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excipiēns, present participle of excipiō. See except. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kap-|id=seize}}, {{bor|en|la|excipiēns}} Latin excipiēns Head templates: {{en-adj}} excipient (comparative more excipient, superlative most excipient)
  1. Taking an exception.
    Sense id: en-excipient-en-adj-Kfd3SJ3x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: excipients [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excipiēns, present participle of excipiō. See except. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kap-|id=seize}}, {{bor|en|la|excipiēns}} Latin excipiēns Head templates: {{en-noun}} excipient (plural excipients)
  1. (pharmacy, pharmacology) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage. Translations (Drug additive without therapeutic or diagnostic effect): 賦形劑 /赋形剂 (fùxíngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), excipient [masculine] (French), Hilfsstoff [masculine] (German), eksipien (Indonesian), 賦形剤 (fukeizai) (alt: ふけいざい) (Japanese), 부형제 (buhyeongje) (alt: 賦形劑) (Korean), eksipien (Malay), excipiente [masculine] (Portuguese), excipiente [masculine] (Spanish), tá dược (Vietnamese)
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  2. An exceptor.
    Sense id: en-excipient-en-noun-m8SC47aG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: concipient, incipient, intercipient, recipient
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

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