What is an inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents. Chambers called?
excipient — (Med.) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents. Chambers. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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