HyperDic: decoction

English > 1 sense of the word decoction:
NOUNprocessdecoction(pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling
English > decoction: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaning(pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling.
Categorypharmacology, pharmacological medicine, materia medicaThe science or study of drugs
BroaderextractionThe process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
Spanishdecocción
Catalandecocció
Verbsdecoctextract the essence of something by boiling it

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