Associations to the word «Decoction»

Wiktionary

DECOCTION, noun. An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.

Dictionary definition

DECOCTION, noun. (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras