ACTIVE AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does active agent mean? 

• ACTIVE AGENT (noun)
  The noun ACTIVE AGENT has 1 sense:

1. chemical agent capable of activity

  Familiarity information: ACTIVE AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTIVE AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chemical agent capable of activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

active; active agent

Hypernyms ("active agent" is a kind of...):

chemical agent (an agent that produces chemical reactions)

 Context examples 

A volume of a carrier or inert medium used as a solvent in which a medicinally active agent is formulated and/or administered to the subject.

(Drug Vehicle Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

Docusate sodium acts as a surface-active agent (emollient) that promotes the mixing of intestinal liquid and dry stool.

(Glyoktyl, NCI Thesaurus)

Whereas at one time, these were detailed and almost recipe-like, more recent entries may be limited to specifying the formula and imposing a standard limit for the active agent.

(Pharmaceutical Formulation, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit used to express a volume of a carrier or inert medium in which a medicinally active agent is formulated and/or administered.

(Drug Vehicle Unit of Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

A carrier or inert medium used as a solvent (or diluent) in which a medicinally active agent is formulated and or administered.

(Drug Vehicle, NCI Thesaurus)

A therapeutically active agent that is intended to provide baseline measurements for the experimental protocol of a clinical trial.

(Active Comparator Drug, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally-active agent with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Carboxyamidotriazole, NCI Thesaurus)

A therapeutically active agent, treatment regimen or procedure that is intended to provide baseline measurements for the experimental protocol of a clinical trial.

(Active Comparator, NCI Thesaurus)