- compressible sugar
- [NF] a preparation which contains 95–98 per cent sucrose and which may contain starch, dextrin, and invert sugar; used as a sweetening agent and tablet excipient in pharmaceutical preparations.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
compressible sugar
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