Taber's Medical Dictionary
additive
(ad′ĭ-tiv )
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1. In pharmacology, the effect that one drug or substance contributes to the action of another drug or substance.
2. Any substance that changes the composition or action of another when it is added or combined with the first; an adulterant.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Additive." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746500/all/additive.
Additive. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746500/all/additive. Accessed April 20, 2026.
Additive. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746500/all/additive
Additive [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 20]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746500/all/additive.
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