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noun
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Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
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a slight infusion, as of some element or quality: A tincture of education had softened his rude manners.
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Heraldry. any of the colors, metals, or furs used for the fields, charges, etc., of an escutcheon or achievement of arms.
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a dye or pigment.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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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
EXPANDfrom 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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