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OPRA Medicinal Chemistry and Biopharmaceutics QUESTION #3825
Question 1
What term is used in pharmaceutics to describe a dispersion system consisting of one liquid uniformly distributed throughout another immiscible liquid?
  • Suspension
  • Gel
  • Emulsion✔️
  • Aerosol
Correct Answer Explanation
An emulsion is a two-phase system in which one liquid (the dispersed phase) is finely dispersed as droplets throughout another immiscible liquid (the continuous phase).