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Decoction

Decoction Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Decoction? [n] (pharmacology) the extraction by boiling of water-soluble drug substances Synonyms \| Synonyms for Decoction: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Decoction: boil \| boiling \| brew \| chemical solution \| coction \| combination \| composition \| concentrate \| concentration \| concoction \| confection \| decoctum \| distillate \| distillation \| ebullience \| ebulliency \| ebulliometer \| ebullition \| elixir \| essence \| expression \| extract \| extraction \| imbuement \| impregnation \| infiltration \| infusion \| instillation \| instillment \| interpenetration \| leach \| leachate \| lixivium \| marination \| mixture \| penetration \| permeation \| pervasion \| pressing \| purification \| quintessence \| refinement \| rendering \| rendition \| saturation \| seething \| simmer \| simmering \| soaking \| solution \| spirit \| squeezing \| steeping \| stewing \| suffusion See Also \| boiling \| simmering \| stewing Decoction In Webster's Dictionary \De*coc"tion\, n. [F. d['e]coction, L. decoctio.] 1. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues. In decoction . . . it either purgeth at the top or settleth at the bottom. --Bacon. 2. An extract got from a body by boiling it in water. If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor is called the decoction of the plant. --Arbuthnot. In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping. --Latham.

Decoction Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decoction?

[n] (pharmacology) the extraction by boiling of water-soluble drug substances

Synonyms | Synonyms for Decoction:

See Also | boiling | simmering | stewing

Decoction In Webster's Dictionary

\De*coc"tion\, n. [F. d['e]coction, L. decoctio.]
1. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid
   to extract its virtues.

         In decoction . . . it either purgeth at the top or
         settleth at the bottom.               --Bacon.

2. An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.

         If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor
         is called the decoction of the plant. --Arbuthnot.

         In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where
         there is merely steeping.             --Latham.

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