extraction

[ ik-strak-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.

  2. the state or fact of being extracted.

  1. descent or lineage: to be of foreign extraction.

  2. something extracted; extract.

Origin of extraction

1
1375–1425; late Middle English extraccioun<Late Latin extractiōn- (stem of extractiō). See extract, -ion

Other words from extraction

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

Words Nearby extraction

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British Dictionary definitions for extraction

extraction

/ (ɪkˈstrækʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of extracting or the condition of being extracted

  2. something extracted; an extract

    • the act or an instance of extracting a tooth or teeth

    • a tooth or teeth extracted

  1. origin, descent, lineage, or ancestry: of German extraction

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