Viscosity Modifying Excipient

Preferred Label : Viscosity Modifying Excipient;

NCIt synonyms : Viscosity Modifying Agent;

NCIt related terms : Viscosity modifier;

NCIt definition : A substance within a formulation that alters its thickness or texture to optimize its administration.;

Alternative definition : PQCMC: Viscosity modifiers are designed to change the thickness or texture of pharmaceutical ingredients. Viscosity modifiers can include such products as thickeners, texturizers, gelation agents and stiffening agents (e.g. stiffening agent; thickener; thickening agent; viscosity-increasing agent; firming agent). (Adapted from American Pharmaceutical Review);

CISMeF hyponym : stiffening agent; thickening agent; viscosity-increasing agent; firming agent;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL1642698;

Details

Origin ID

C176666;

UMLS CUI

C0360305;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Firming Agents [DeCS]
- Viscosity modifier (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
Manual BTNT mappings - CISMeF
- thickening agent (excipient) [SYNODOS term]
- viscosity decreasing agent [SYNODOS term]
- viscosity increasing agent [SYNODOS term]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Viscosity modifier (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical or Dental Material [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Viscosity modifier (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Viscosity modifier (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
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- FDA Pharmaceutical Quality/CMC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- PQ/CMC Excipient Function Terminology [NCIt concept]

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