Found 3 items, similar to Decoction.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: decoction rebusan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: decoction decoction n : (pharmacology) the extraction by boiling of water-soluble drug substances
English → English (gcide) Definition: Decoction Decoction \De*coc"tion\, n. [F. d['e]coction, L. decoctio.] 1. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues. [1913 Webster] In decoction . . . it either purgeth at the top or settleth at the bottom. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. An extract got from a body by boiling it in water. [1913 Webster] If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor is called the decoction of the plant. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping. --Latham. [1913 Webster]