gastroretentive

English

Etymology

From gastro- +‎ retentive.

Adjective

gastroretentive (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Facilitating retention in the gastrointestinal system for a long period of time.
   • 2013, Integrated Pharmaceutics: Applied Preformulation, Product Design, and Regulatory Science‎^[1]:

     A number of gastroretentive mechanisms have been evaluated, including mucoadhesion, floating dosage forms that use low-density matrices or gas generation, swelling matrices, and combinations thereof.

Related terms

• gastroretention