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Decoction Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Decoction has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling

2

An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.

See Also
gall decocture decoct extract decoctions spruce beer extraction barley water
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
extraction
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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