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liquid
liq·uid [ lik-wid ]
Definitions related to liquid dosage form:
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(liquid) A dosage form consisting of a pure chemical in its liquid state. This dosage form term should not be applied to solutions. Note: A liquid is pourable; it flows and conforms to its container at room temperature. It displays Newtonian or pseudoplastic flow behavior.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(liquid) A state of substance that is an intermediate one entered into as matter goes from solid to gas; liquids are also intermediate in that they have neither the orderliness of a crystal nor the randomness of a gas. (Note: This term should not be used to describe solutions, only pure chemicals in their liquid state.)NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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A substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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