excipient

excipient
(è-ksi-pi-an) s. m.
Terme de pharmacie. Substance qui sert à dissoudre ou à incorporer certains médicaments, soit pour leur donner la forme convenable, soit pour en masquer la saveur ou en diminuer l'activité.
   Lat. excipiens, part. prés. de excipere, dans le sens de prendre, recevoir, de ex, et capere prendre (voy. excepter, à l'étymologie).

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  • excipient — [ ɛksipjɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1747; lat. excipiens, de excipere « recevoir » ♦ Substance neutre qui entre dans la composition d un médicament, et qui sert à rendre les principes actifs plus faciles à absorber. Excipient sucré. ● excipient nom masculin… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • excipient — EXCIPIÉNT, Ă, excipienţi, te, adj., s.n. (Substanţă sau amestec de substanţe) care este inactiv faţă de organism şi în care se încorporează diferite medicamente. [pr.: pi ent] – Din fr. excipient. Trimis de ionel bufu, 16.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  …   Dicționar Român

  • Excipient — Ex*cip i*ent, a. [L. excipients, entis, p. pr. of exipere. See {Except}, v. t.] Taking an exception. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Excipient — Ex*cip i*ent, n. 1. An exceptor. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Med., Pharmacy) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents. Chambers …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • excipient — [ek sip′ē ənt] n. [< L excipiens, prp. of excipere: see EXCEPT] Pharmacy any of various inert substances added to a prescription to give the desired consistency or form …   English World dictionary

  • Excipient — Un excipient désigne toute substance autre que le principe actif dans un médicament, un cosmétique ou un aliment. Son addition est destinée à conférer une consistance donnée, ou d autres caractéristiques physiques ou gustatives particulières, au… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Excipient — An excipient is an inactive substance used as a carrier for the active ingredients of a medication. In many cases, an active substance (such as aspirin) may not be easily administered and absorbed by the human body; in such cases the substance in …   Wikipedia

  • excipient — I. ikˈsipēənt, (ˈ)ek|s adjective Etymology: Latin excipient , excipiens, present participle of excipere to take out, make an exception of, take, receive more at except : taking exception II. noun ( s) Etymology …   Useful english dictionary

  • excipient — noun Etymology: Latin excipient , excipiens, present participle of excipere to take out, take up more at except Date: circa 1753 a usually inert substance (as gum arabic or starch) that forms a vehicle (as for a drug) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • excipient — /ik sip ee euhnt/, n. Pharm. a pharmacologically inert, adhesive substance, as honey, syrup, or gum arabic, used to bind the contents of a pill or tablet. [1720 30; < L excipient (s. of excipiens), prp. of excipere to take out, except, take up,… …   Universalium

  • excipient — [ɛk sɪpɪənt] noun an inactive substance that serves as the vehicle or medium for a drug or other active substance. Origin C18 (as adjective in the sense that takes exception ): from L. excipient , excipere take out …   English new terms dictionary

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