Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

tonicifier

English answer:

tonifier

Added to glossary by Sven Petersson
Jan 24, 2005 16:46
19 yrs ago
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English term

tonicifier

English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals
What can it be?

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.

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Jan 24, 2005:
I'm not sure whether "health-stimulating additive� can be considered as a typical pharmaceutical additive. Please see the others.

Responses

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tonifier

Typo or Indian English for "tonifier".
Peer comment(s):

agree Melanie Nassar : most likely
2 hrs
:o)
disagree 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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2 hrs

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...


Peer comment(s):

agree Vita Merkulova
1 hr
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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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