coction
noun
coc·tion
ˈkäkshən
plural -s
1
archaic : the act or process of attaining a more perfect, more mature, or more desirable condition either through natural processes or by the intervention of foreign agents (as heat)
specifically : digestion of food
2
archaic : suppuration conceived of especially by humoralists as a stage in the normal process of wound healing or as a phase in the development of any disease
Word History
Etymology
Latin coction-, coctio cooking, digestion, from coctus + -ion-, -io -ion