gastroretentive en · ADJ
Etymology
From gastro- + retentive.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) Facilitating retention in the gastrointestinal system for a long period of time.
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.
2013, Integrated Pharmaceutics: Applied Preformulation, Product Design, and Regulatory Science: