| NOUN | process | decoction | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling |
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| Meaning | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling. | |
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| Category | pharmacology, pharmacological medicine, materia medica | The science or study of drugs |
| Broader | extraction | The process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means |
| Spanish | decocción | |
| Catalan | decocció | |
| Verbs | decoct | extract the essence of something by boiling it |
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