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decoctive

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de⋅coc⋅tion

  [di-kok-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of decocting.
2. Pharmacology.
a. an extract obtained by decocting.
b. 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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME decoccioun < OF decoction < LL dēcoctiōn- (s. of dēcoctiō) a boiling down, equiv. to dēcoct(us), ptp. of dēcoquere (dē- de- + coc-, for coquere to cook + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
de⋅coc⋅tive, adjective
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Word Origin & History

decoction 
1398, from pp. stem of L. decoquere "to boil down," from de- + coquere "to cook" (see cook (n.)). Decoct is attested from c.1420.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: de·coc·tion
Pronunciation: -'käk-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of boiling usually in water so as toextract the flavor or active principle —compare INFUSION 1b(1)
2 a : an extract or liquidpreparation obtained by decocting b : a liquid preparation made by boiling a medicinal plant with water usually in the proportion of 5 parts of the drug to 100 parts of water
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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