ex-traction

[ik-strak-shuhn]

ex·trac·tion

[ik-strak-shuhn]
noun
1.
an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
2.
the state or fact of being extracted.
3.
descent or lineage: to be of foreign extraction.
4.
something extracted; extract.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English extraccioun < Late Latin extractiōn- (stem of extractiō). See extract, -ion

non·ex·trac·tion, noun
o·ver·ex·trac·tion, noun
pre·ex·trac·tion, noun
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