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单词 decoction
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decoction in British English

(dɪˈkɒkʃən)
noun
1.  pharmacology
the extraction of the water-soluble substances of a drug or medicinal plants by boiling
2. 
the essence or liquor resulting from this
Word origin
C14: from Old French, from Late Latin dēcoctiō, from dēcoquere to boil down, from coquere to cook

decoction in American English

(diˈkɑkʃən)
noun
1. 
a decocting or being decocted
2. 
an extract produced by decocting

decoction in the Pharmaceutical Industry

(dɪkɒkʃən)
Word forms: (regular plural) decoctions
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Drugs)
A decoction is the essence or liquor that you decoct from a substance.
I took out some of the decoction just after the liquid started to boil and strained it.
Boil the leaves in water and drink the resulting decoction.
A decoction is the essence or liquor that you decoct from a substance.

Examples of 'decoction' in a sentence
decoction

He stirred in a decoction of the juice of snow dahlia and other flowers, and in this way he made a delicious sauce.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (1990)
Fancy saw the gleam of tears in Jewel's eyes; she nodded, then slipped quietly from the room to make her decoction.
Spellman, Cathy Cash PAINT THE WIND (1990)
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