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decoction

N การต้ม สกัด เอา ส่วน ที่ สำคัญ ออกมา  สกัด  extract kan-tom-sa-kad-aol-suan-ti-sam-kan-ook-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECOCTION

n. 1. The act of boiling a substance in water, for extracting its virtues.
2. The liquor in which a substance has been boiled; water impregnated with the principles of any animal or vegetable substance boiled in it; as a weak or a strong decoction of Peruvian bark.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECOCTION

De *coc "tion, n. Etym: [F. décoction, L. decoctio.]

 

1. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues. In decoction. .. it either purgeth at the top or settleth at the bottom. Bacon.

 

2. An extract got from a body by boiling it in water. If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor is called the decoction of the plant. Arbuthnot. In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping. Latham.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

decoction

de coc tion |diˈkäkSHən dəˈkɑkʃən | ▶noun the liquor resulting from concentrating the essence of a substance by heating or boiling, esp. a medicinal preparation made from a plant: a decoction of a root. • the action or process of extracting the essence of something. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin decoctio (n- ), from decoquere ‘boil down ’ (see decoct ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

decoction

de |coc ¦tion |dɪˈkɒkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant: a decoction of a root. • [ mass noun ] the action or process of extracting the essence of something. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin decoctio (n- ), from decoquere ‘boil down ’ (see decoct ).

 

French Dictionary

décoction

décoction n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de faire bouillir des substances. 2 Le liquide obtenu. : Il buvait une décoction d ’herbes.