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Noun: excipient  ik'si-pee-unt
  1. An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents
Verb: excipient  ik'si-pee-unt
  1. Taking an exception

Derived forms: excipiented, excipienting, excipients

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