DECOCTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does decoction mean? • DECOCTION (noun)
The noun DECOCTION has 1 sense:
1. (pharmacology) the extraction by boiling of water-soluble drug substances
Familiarity information: DECOCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DECOCTION (noun)
Meaning:
(pharmacology) the extraction by boiling of water-soluble drug substances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("decoction" is a kind of...):
boiling; simmering; stewing (cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil)
Domain category:
materia medica; pharmacological medicine; pharmacology (the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects)
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