extractive

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ex⋅trac⋅tive

[ik-strak-tiv]

–adjective

1.	tending or serving to extract, or based upon extraction: coal, oil, copper, and other extractive industries.

2.	capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.

3.	of, pertaining to, or involving extraction: extractive surgery.

4.	of or of the nature of an extract.

–noun

5.	something extracted.

Origin:
1590–1600; extract + -ive

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ex·trac·tive (ĭk-strāk'tĭv)

adj.

Used in or obtained by extraction.
Possible to extract.

Something that may be extracted.
The insoluble portion of an extract.

ex·trac'tive·ly adv.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ¹ex·trac·tive
Pronunciation: ik-'strak-tiv, 'ek-"
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or involving extraction<extractive processes>

Main Entry: ²extractive
Function: noun
: something extracted or extractable :

EXTRACT

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extractive ex·trac·tive (ĭk-strāk'tĭv)
adj.

Used in or obtained by extraction.
Possible to extract.

Something that may be extracted.
A substance present in tissue that can be separated by successive treatment with solvents and recovered by evaporation of the solution; the insoluble portion of an extract.

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