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excipient

  • \ɛk.si.pjɑ̃\

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Du latin excipiens, participe présent d’excipere « recevoir, recueillir ».

noun excipients

  1. Pharmacie Substance propre à dissoudre, à incorporer certains médicaments pour les rendre assimilables ou en dissimuler le goût. Les excipients sont des composants différents du (des) principe(s) actif(s).

In English

  • excipient Drug additive without therapeutic or diagnostic effect

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"excipient." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/excipient. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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excipient. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/excipient

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"excipient." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/excipient.

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@misc{excipient_2026,
  title = {excipient},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/excipient},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}