tincture
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tʃər noun
1.
Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
2.
a slight infusion, as of some element or quality: A tincture of education had softened his rude manners.
4.
Heraldry. any of the colors, metals, or furs used for the fields, charges, etc., of an escutcheon or achievement of arms.
5.
a dye or pigment.
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tincture (ˈtɪŋktʃə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | pharmacol a medicinal extract in a solution of alcohol |
| 2. | a tint, colour, or tinge |
| 3. | a slight flavour, aroma, or trace |
| 4. | any one of the colours or either of the metals used on heraldic arms |
| 5. | obsolete a dye or pigment |
| —vb | |
| 6. | (tr) to give a tint or colour to |
| [C14: from Latin tinctūra a dyeing, from tingere to dye] | |
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Word Origin & History
tincture
1400, from L. tinctura "act of dyeing or tingeing," from tinctus "dye," pp. of tingere "to tinge, dye, moisten, soak," from PIE base *teng- "to soak" (cf. O.H.G. dunkon "to soak," Gk. tengein "to moisten"). Meaning "solution of medicine in a mixture of alcohol" is first recorded 1646. The verb is recorded
from 1616.
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Medical Dictionary
tincture tinc·ture (tĭngk'chər)
n.
A coloring or dyeing substance.
Abbr. tinct, tr An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine.
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