Excipient (noun)
eks-ip-ee-ant
An inactive substance that serves as the vehicle or medium for a drug or other active substance.
Early 18th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘that takes exception’): from Latin excipient- ‘taking out’, from the verb excipere.
Example sentences
“Glucose and colourants are often used as excipients.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
