Active ingredient
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| Active ingredient | |
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| Term | Active ingredient |
| Short definition | active ingredient (A-tiv FAR-muh-SOO-tih-kul in-GREE-dee-ent) The main ingredient in a drug that produces the desired effect of the drug. Some medicines contain more than one active pharmaceutical ingredient that works in different ways in the body. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
active ingredient - (pronounced) (A-tiv FAR-muh-SOO-tih-kul in-GREE-dee-ent) The main ingredient in a drug that produces the desired effect of the drug. Some medicines contain more than one active pharmaceutical ingredient that works in different ways in the body. Also referred to as API, drug substance and pharmacological substance
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