Decoction

Definition of Decoction

De`coc´tion
n.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.

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