Excipient

[ik'sipiәnt]

(v. t.) Taking an exception.

(n.) An exceptor.

(n.) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.

Typed by Deirdre

n. a substance mixed with a medicine to give it consistence or used as a vehicle for its administration.

Checker: Micawber