disintegrant

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noun

Any material that is added to a pharmaceutical preparation to make it disintegrate (and thus release the active ingredient) on contact with water

Scrabble 14

Meanings

noundisintegrant (plural disintegrants)

plural disintegrants

  1. medicineAny material that is added to a pharmaceutical preparation to make it disintegrate (and thus release the active ingredient) on contact with water
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APA

disintegrant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disintegrant

MLA

“disintegrant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disintegrant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disintegrant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disintegrant.

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