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quassation
quassation - The act or process of being shaken or shaking.See also related terms for shaking.quassationRare. the act or process of shaking or being shaken.See also: Processesquassation
quas·sa·tion (kwah-sā'shŭn), The breaking up of crude drug materials, such as bark and woody stems, into small pieces to facilitate extraction and other treatment. [L. quassatio, fr. quasso, pp. -atus, to shake violently, fr. quatio, to shake] quassation An obsolete term formerly applied to the pulverisation of various natural compounds ultimately destined to be rendered into therapeutics or drugs. |