gel
- Guideline or reference source
- EDQM List of standard terms
- SNMDCT SNOMED CT dosage forms
- Definition
- SNOMED: A semisolid dosage form that contains a gelling agent to provide stiffness to a solution or a colloidal dispersion. A gel may contain suspended particles. EDQM: A type of semi-solid pharmaceutical dose form consisting of a colloidal dispersion of a liquid in a solid; lipophilic gels (oleogels) usually consist of liquid paraffin with polyethylene or fatty oils gelled with colloidal silica or aluminium or zinc soaps; hydrophilic gels (hydrogels) usually consists of water, glycerol or propylene glycol gelled with suitable gelling agents such as poloxamers, starch, cellulose derivatives, carbomers and magnesium-aluminium silicates.
- Broader Term
- semi-solid
- Narrower Term
- dentifrice gel
- jelly
- Related Term
- additive
- block
- cachet
- capsule
- extended-release gel forming solution
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