ALL meanings of decoction
de·coc·tion
D d - noun decoction the extraction of the water-soluble substances of a drug or medicinal plants by boiling 3
- noun decoction the essence or liquor resulting from this 3
- noun decoction a decocting or being decocted 3
- noun decoction an extract produced by decocting 3
- noun decoction A decoction is the essence or liquor that you decoct from a substance. 3
- noun decoction The liquor resulting from concentrating the essence of a substance by heating or boiling, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant. 1
- noun decoction the act of decocting. 1
- noun decoction Pharmacology. an extract obtained by decocting. water in which a crude vegetable drug has been boiled and which therefore contains the constituents or principles of the substance soluble in boiling water. 1
- noun decoction An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down. 0