carboxymethylcellulose

carboxymethylcellulose
A cellulose derivative which forms a colloidal dispersion in water; indigestible and nonabsorbable systemically; absorbs water and is used as a bulk laxative. Can also be used as a suspending agent.

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car·boxy·meth·yl·cel·lu·lose (.)kär-.bäk-sē-.meth-əl-'sel-yə-.lōs, -.lōz n an acid ether derivative of cellulose that in the form of its sodium salt is used as a thickening, emulsifying, and stabilizing agent and as a bulk laxative in medicine

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car·boxy·meth·yl·cel·lu·lose (kahr-bok″se-meth″əl-selґu-lōs) a semisynthetic substituted cellulose polymer of varying size, the molecular weight ranging from 21 Ч 103 to 50 Ч 104; used as a suspending agent, tablet excipient, and viscosity-increasing agent in pharmaceutical preparations. Called also carmellose.

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