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[
koh
-hoh-beyt
]
co·ho·bate
/
ˈkoʊ
hoʊˌbeɪt
/
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koh
-hoh-beyt
]
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verb (used with object),
co·ho·bat·ed,
co·ho·bat·ing.
Pharmacology
.
to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
Origin:
1635–45;
<
Neo-Latin
cohobātus
(past participle of
cohobāre
), equivalent to
kohob
repetition (Paracelsian term, perhaps <
dialectal Arabic
kaʿab
second) +
-ātus
-ate
1
Related forms
co·ho·ba·tion,
noun
co·ho·ba·tor,
noun
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cohobate
(ˈkəʊhəʊˌbeɪt)
—
vb
(
tr
)
pharmacol
to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
[C17: from New Latin
cohobāre,
perhaps from Arabic
ka`aba
to repeat an action]
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