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Definitions
(pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling
Word origin
From Old French decoccion, decoction, from Latin decoctiō, from decoquō (“to boil down”), from de- + coquō (“to cook”).
Used in a sentence
“The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from a schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it.”
“Poley offered a hot decoction of blackberries, saying: Peace?”
“Witches and devils no longer threaten you and me. We don’t mind living next door to the harmless lady with her herb garden and decoction still, her black cat and red hair.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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