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excipient

/ɪkˈsɪpɪənt/

excipient noun: an ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.

Noun

excipient (plural excipients)

  1. (pharmacy) 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.

Adjective

excipient (comparative more excipient, superlative most excipient)

  1. Taking an exception.

excipient meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Vietnamese

excipient in Tamil

துணைப்பொருள், செய‌லில் சேர்பொருள், கரப்பான், கலப்பான், கலப்பி

excipient in Malay

Drug additive without therapeutic or diagnostic effect
eksipien

excipient in Indonesian

Drug additive without therapeutic or diagnostic effect
eksipien

excipient in Vietnamese

Drug additive without therapeutic or diagnostic effect
tá dược

Forms of excipient

Noun
pluralexcipients
Adjective
comparativemore excipient
superlativemost excipient

Origin of excipient

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

Questions about excipient

What does excipient mean?
Excipient means an ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.
What is excipient in Tamil?
Excipient in Tamil is துணைப்பொருள், செய‌லில் சேர்பொருள், கரப்பான். See Excipient meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is excipient?
Excipient can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce excipient?
Excipient is pronounced /ɪkˈsɪpɪənt/.
What is the plural of excipient?
The plural of excipient is excipients.

Words near excipient in the dictionary

  1. excimerization
  2. excimerizations
  3. excimers
  4. excinuclease
  5. excinucleases
  6. excipient
  7. excipients
  8. exciple
  9. exciples
  10. exciplex
  11. exciplexes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: excipient (page history and authors); excipient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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