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Disintegrant vs Croscarmellose - What's the difference?

disintegrant | croscarmellose |

In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between disintegrant and croscarmellose

is that disintegrant is (medicine) any material that is added to a pharmaceutical preparation to make it disintegrate (and thus release the active ingredient) on contact with water while croscarmellose is (medicine) a form of cross-linked carboxymethylcellulose that is used as a disintegrant in pharmaceutical formulations.

As nouns the difference between disintegrant and croscarmellose

is that disintegrant is (medicine) any material that is added to a pharmaceutical preparation to make it disintegrate (and thus release the active ingredient) on contact with water while croscarmellose is (medicine) a form of cross-linked carboxymethylcellulose that is used as a disintegrant in pharmaceutical formulations.

disintegrant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) Any material that is added to a pharmaceutical preparation to make it disintegrate (and thus release the active ingredient) on contact with water

    • croscarmellose

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia croscarmellose) (-)
  • (medicine) A form of cross-linked carboxymethylcellulose that is used as a disintegrant in pharmaceutical formulations.