Associations to the word «Decoction»
Noun
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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.