excipient

English

Etymology

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

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.
2. An exceptor.

Related terms

• concipient
• incipient
• intercipient
• recipient

Translations

Drug additive without therapeutic or diagnostic effect

• French: excipient (fr) m
• German: Hilfsstoff m
• Indonesian: eksipien (id)
• Korean: 부형제 (buhyeongje)
• Malay: eksipien
• Portuguese: excipiente m
• Spanish: excipiente (es) m

Adjective

excipient (comparative more excipient, superlative most excipient)

1. Taking an exception.

References

• “excipient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Noun

excipient m (plural excipients)

1. excipient

Further reading

• “excipient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

excipient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of excipiō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French excipient.

Noun

excipient n (plural excipienți)

1. excipient

Declension

Declension of excipient

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) excipient	excipientul	(niște) excipienți	excipiențile
genitive/dative	(unui) excipient	excipientului	(unor) excipienți	excipienților
vocative	excipientule		excipienților