SEMISOLID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does semisolid mean? 

• SEMISOLID (adjective)
  The adjective SEMISOLID has 1 sense:

1. partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid

  Familiarity information: SEMISOLID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEMISOLID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid

Context example:

a semisolid mixture

Similar:

solid (of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous)

 Context examples 

A rigid container having a wide mouth and often no neck which typically holds solid or semisolid drug products.

(Jar, NCI Thesaurus)

A semisolid emulsion of either the oil-in-water or the water-in-oil type, ordinarily intended for topical use.

(Cream Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A semisolid (1) dosage form that contains a gelling agent to provide stiffness to a solution or a colloidal dispersion (2).

(Gel Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A flexible container for semisolid drug products which is flattened and crimped or sealed at one end and has a reclosable opening at the other.

(Packaging Tube, NCI Thesaurus)

A suspension or emulsion, semisolid (1) dosage form, usually containing < 20% water and volatiles (2) and > 50% hydrocarbons, waxes, or polyols as the vehicle.

(Ointment Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An arbitrary dosing unit used predominantly for semisolid topical formulations such as cream, ointment, paste, etc. One fingertip unit is the amount of a product that is squeezed out from a standard tube with 5-millimeter diameter nozzle along an adult's fingertip.

(Fingertip Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of gels—semisolid systems which consist of suspensions made up of either small inorganic particles or large organic molecules interpenetrated by a liquid—in which the structural coherent matrix contains a high portion of liquid, usually water.

(Jelly Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Note 1: A semisolid is not pourable; it does not flow or conform to its container at room temperature.

(Gel Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)