Decoction (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the act of decocting.
  2. Pharmacology.
    • an extract obtained by decocting.
    • water in which a crude vegetable drug has been boiled and which therefore contains the constituents or principles of the substance soluble in boiling water.
noun
  1. the extraction of the water-soluble substances of a drug or medicinal plants by boiling
  2. the essence or liquor resulting from this
Decoction (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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