excipient
- Guideline or reference source
- WHO Glossary
- Definition
- A substance, other than the active ingredient, which has been appropriately evaluated for safety and is included in a medicine delivery system to: » aid in the processing of the medicine delivery system during its manufacture; » protect, support or enhance stability, bioavailability, or patient acceptability; » assist in product identification; or » enhance any other attribute of the overall safety and effectiveness of the medicine during storage or use.
- Used For
- inactive ingredient
- Broader Term
- ingredient
- ingredient role
- Narrower Term
- novel excipient
- Related Term
- paramedicines
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