Medical Material
wafer
wa·fer [ wey-fer ]
Definitions related to oral wafer:
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(wafer) A thin slice of material containing a medicinal agent.NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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(wafer dosage form) A solid composed of a thin slice of material that contain active and/or inert ingredient(s).NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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