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

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