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Jan 24, 2005 16:46
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English term
tonicifier
English
Medical
Medical: Pharmaceuticals
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The compositions may additionally comprise additives in amounts customarily employed including, but not limited to, a pH adjuster, a preservative, a flavorant, a taste-masking agent, a fragrance, a humectant, a tonicifier, a colorant, a surfactant, a plasticizer, a lubricant, such as magnesium stearate, a flow aid, a compression aid, a solubilizer, an excipient, a diluent, such as microcrystalline cellulose, e.g., Avicel PH 102 supplied by FMC Corporation, or any combination thereof. Other additives may include phosphate buffer salts, citric acid, glycols and other dispersing agents.
The compositions may additionally comprise additives in amounts customarily employed including, but not limited to, a pH adjuster, a preservative, a flavorant, a taste-masking agent, a fragrance, a humectant, a tonicifier, a colorant, a surfactant, a plasticizer, a lubricant, such as magnesium stearate, a flow aid, a compression aid, a solubilizer, an excipient, a diluent, such as microcrystalline cellulose, e.g., Avicel PH 102 supplied by FMC Corporation, or any combination thereof. Other additives may include phosphate buffer salts, citric acid, glycols and other dispersing agents.
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tonifier
Typo or Indian English for "tonifier".
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Melanie Nassar
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deadelac
: It's not a mistake, its short for "tonicity modifier" and in current use in the pharmaceutical industry
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a health-stimulating additive
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Note added at 38 mins (2005-01-24 17:25:23 GMT)
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It has a flavorant
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Note added at 41 mins (2005-01-24 17:28:12 GMT)
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taste-masking agent, perhaps something to drink
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Note added at 38 mins (2005-01-24 17:25:23 GMT)
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It has a flavorant
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Note added at 41 mins (2005-01-24 17:28:12 GMT)
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taste-masking agent, perhaps something to drink
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a tonicifying agent
a tonicifying agent, such as a salt. Such salts include, but are not limited to, sodium acetate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, potassium acetate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate, and potassium chloride.
http://www.freshpatents.com/Compositions-and-methods-for-enh...
Water-soluble excipients useful in the present invention include, but are not limited to, buffer salts (e.g., citric acid/sodium citrate), natural and synthetic sugars as bulking agents (e.g., lactose, mannitol), tonicifiers (e.g., sodium chloride),
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=H...
http://www.freshpatents.com/Compositions-and-methods-for-enh...
Water-soluble excipients useful in the present invention include, but are not limited to, buffer salts (e.g., citric acid/sodium citrate), natural and synthetic sugars as bulking agents (e.g., lactose, mannitol), tonicifiers (e.g., sodium chloride),
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=H...
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modificador de tonicidad
Neologism formed from "tonicity modifier", used in the pharmaceutical industry. See web link below
Example sentence:
Sucrose may be used as a stabilizer/tonicifier
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