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Medical Definition of Pharmaceutic aid
1. Substances which are of little or no therapeutic value, but are necessary in the manufacture, compounding, storage, etc., of pharmaceutical preparations or drug dosage forms. They include solvents, diluting agents, and suspending agents, and emulsifying agents. Also, antioxidants; preservatives, pharmaceutical; dyes (colouring agents); flavoring agents; vehicles; excipient; ointment bases. (12 Dec 1998)