API

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000680",
  "term": "API",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The main ingredient in a medicine that causes the desired effect of the medicine. Some medicines contain more than one API that act in different ways in the body. Also called active pharmaceutical ingredient, drug substance, and pharmacologic substance.",
  "expansions": [
    "active pharmaceutical ingredient",
    "drug substance",
    "pharmacologic substance"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/api/"
}