DECOCTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("decoction" is a kind of...):

extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means)

Domain category:

materia medica; pharmacological medicine; pharmacology (the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects)

Derivation:

decoct (extract the essence of something by boiling it)

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