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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•coc•tion (di kok′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of decocting.
- Drugs[Pharm.]
- an extract obtained by decocting.
- water in which a crude vegetable drug has been boiled and which therefore contains the constituents or principles of the substance soluble in boiling water.
- Late Latin dēcoctiōn- (stem of dēcoctiō) a boiling down, equivalent. to dēcoct(us), past participle of dēcoquere (dē- de- + coc-, for coquere to cook + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
- Old French decoction
- Middle English decoccioun 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: decoction /dɪˈkɒkʃən/ n - the extraction of the water-soluble substances of a drug or medicinal plants by boiling
- the essence or liquor resulting from this
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Late Latin dēcoctiō, from dēcoquere to boil down, from coquere to cook |