Various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons; vehicles for medicinal substances intended for external application; there are four classes: hydrocarbon base, absorption base, water-removable base and water-soluble base; several are also emollients.

Annotation

IM for general only; NIM when specific drug is IM; when IM, D25-26 qualif; when NIM, no qualif

DUI

D009823 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0015241

History note

91(75); was see under PHARMACEUTIC AIDS 1975-90

Online note

search PHARMACEUTIC AIDS 1968-74

Public note

91; was see under PHARMACEUTIC AIDS 1975-90