Medical Material
dosage forms
Subclass of:
Pharmaceutical Preparations; Technology, Pharmaceutical
Definitions related to dosage forms:
  • (dose form) The pharmaceutical dosage form of the drug administered.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Physical characteristics of a drug product, (e.g., tablet, capsule, or solution) that contains a drug substance, generally-but not necessarily-in association with one or more other ingredients.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Completed forms of the pharmaceutical preparation in which prescribed doses of medication are included. They are designed to resist action by gastric fluids, prevent vomiting and nausea, reduce or alleviate the undesirable taste and smells associated with oral administration, achieve a high concentration of drug at target site, or produce a delayed or long-acting drug effect.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Forms in which chemical products can be manufactured or administered.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (pharmaceutical dosage form) The form in which active and/or inert ingredient(s) are physically presented.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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