'Decoction' definitions:
Definition of 'decoction'
From: WordNet
noun
(pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling
Definition of 'Decoction'
From: GCIDE
- Decoction \De*coc"tion\, n. [F. d['e]coction, L. decoctio.]
- 1. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues. [1913 Webster]
- In decoction . . . it either purgeth at the top or settleth at the bottom. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An extract got from a body by boiling it in water. [1913 Webster]
- If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor is called the decoction of the plant. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping. --Latham. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'decoction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boil,
- boiling,
- brew,
- chemical solution,
- coction,
- combination,
- composition,
- concentrate,
- concentration,
- concoction,
- confection,
- decoctum,
- distillate,
- distillation,
- ebullience,
- ebulliency,
- ebulliometer,
- ebullition,
- elixir,
- essence,
- expression,
- extract,
- extraction,
- imbuement,
- impregnation,
- infiltration,
- infusion,
- instillation,
- instillment,
- interpenetration,
- leach,
- leachate,
- lixivium,
- marination,
- mixture,
- penetration,
- permeation,
- pervasion,
- pressing,
- purification,
- quintessence,
- refinement,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- saturation,
- seething,
- simmer,
- simmering,
- soaking,
- solution,
- spirit,
- squeezing,
- steeping,
- stewing,
- suffusion