"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|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|la|excipiēns}} Latin excipiēns Head templates: {{en-adj}} excipient (comparative more excipient, superlative most excipient)
  1. Taking an exception.
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Noun

Forms: excipients [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excipiēns, present participle of excipiō. See except. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{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. Categories (topical): Pharmacology, Pharmacy Translations (Drug additive without therapeutic or diagnostic effect): excipient [masculine] (French), Hilfsstoff [masculine] (German), eksipien (Indonesian), 부형제 (buhyeongje) (Korean), eksipien (Malay), excipiente [masculine] (Portuguese), excipiente [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-excipient-en-noun-VWfFK7vn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 50 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 49 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 46 51 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 60 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 51 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 46 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 40 36 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 42 37 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 40 36 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 45 52 2 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences Disambiguation of 'Drug additive without therapeutic or diagnostic effect': 97 3
  2. An exceptor. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-excipient-en-noun-m8SC47aG Disambiguation of People: 1 0 99 Categories (other): Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 40 36 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 42 37 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 40 36 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: concipient, incipient, intercipient, recipient

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