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Extraction
Ex*trac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. extraction.]1. The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture. 2. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. "A family of ancient extraction." --Clarendon. 3. That which is extracted; extract; essence. They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. --Milton. The extraction of roots. (Math.) (a) The operation of finding the root of a given number or quantity. (b) The method or rule by which the operation is performed; evolution.
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Language Translation for : extraction
Spanish:
origen,
German:
die Abstammung,
Japanese:
血統
Main Entry: ex·trac·tion
Pronunciation: ik-'strak-sh&n
Function: noun
: the act or process of extracting something <extraction ofa tooth>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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extraction ex·trac·tion (ĭk-strāk'shən)
n.
- The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
- Something obtained by extracting; an extract.
- The removal by withdrawing or pulling out of a tooth from its socket.
- Removal of a baby from the genital canal in assisted delivery.
- The active portion of a drug.
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