preextraction
ʃən 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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of extracting or the condition of being extracted |
| 2. | something extracted; an extract |
| 3. | a. the act or an instance of extracting a tooth or teeth |
| b. a tooth or teeth extracted | |
| 4. | origin, descent, lineage, or ancestry: of German extraction |
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Word Origin & History
extraction
late 15c., Fr. extraction, from M.L. extractionem, noun of action from L. extrahere (see extract (v.)).
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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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