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cosurfactant

cosurfactant noun: a surfactant acting in tandem with another surfactant to enhance its properties.

Noun

cosurfactant (plural cosurfactants)

  1. A surfactant acting in tandem with another surfactant to enhance its properties.
    • In general, when SMFs consisting of oil, surfactant, and/or cosurfactant (cosolvent) are placed in an in vitro dissolution medium or in gastrointestinal fluid in vivo, homogeneous oil-in-water microemulsions form spontaneously with mild agitation.2015 June 23, In-hwan Baek et al., “Design of a gelatin microparticle-containing self-microemulsifying formulation for enhanced oral bioavailability of dutasteride”, in Drug Design, Development and...

Forms of cosurfactant

pluralcosurfactants

Origin of cosurfactant

From co- + surfactant.

Questions about cosurfactant

What does cosurfactant mean?
Cosurfactant means a surfactant acting in tandem with another surfactant to enhance its properties.
What part of speech is cosurfactant?
Cosurfactant is a noun.
What is the plural of cosurfactant?
The plural of cosurfactant is cosurfactants.

Words near cosurfactant in the dictionary

  1. cosuppress
  2. cosuppressed
  3. cosuppression
  4. cosureties
  5. cosurety
  6. cosurfactant
  7. cosurfactants
  8. cosustainer
  9. cosustainers
  10. Cosway
  11. coswearer

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