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Liniments

Liquid intended for massaging into the skin.

Artificial spherical lipid bilayer droplet formed mainly from phospholipids having a core of water phase, small enough to form a relatively stable dispersion in aqueous media and with potential use in drug delivery.

Loading Dose

Initial, typically larger than the maintenance dose of a drug given to a patient at the start of pharmaco- therapy.

Lotion

Solution, emulsion, or suspension to be applied to the skin.

Lozenge

Tablet, which does not contain a disintegrant and which is sucked to dissolve in the mouth to produce either a local (e.g., antiseptic) or systemic (e.g., vitamins) effect.

Lubricant

Used as processing aid in tablet and capsule manufacturing, to facilitate the movement of the formulation into the dye and punch and to reduce the energy of compression.

Lyophilic

Denotes a dispersed phase having a pronounced affinity for the dispersion medium.

Lyophobic

Denotes a dispersed phase having but slight affinity for the dispersion medium.

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