Definitions for decoction

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decoction de·coc·tion

Spelling: [dih-kok-shuh n]

IPA: /dɪˈkɒk ʃən/

Decoction is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in decoction (ccdeinoot).

Definitions for decoction

noun

1. the act of decocting.
2. 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.

Origin of decoction

1350-1400; Middle English decoccioun Old French decoction Late Latin dēcoctiōn- (stem of dēcoctiō) a boiling down, equivalent to dēcoct(us), past participle of dēcoquere (dē- Examples for decoction

A decoction of the leaves is purgative and is used in lead colic.

It is yellow, and the decoction from it is almost colorless.

He took the decoction with three drams, and was soon relieved.

The flowers are given in decoction for headache and the fruit is emmenagogue.

He was directed to take the decoction of Digitalis night and morning.

It is emollient and, in decoction, is used as a substitute for flaxseed.

Our children drink a decoction of ideal love, at the breast.

The decoction ready, Leon rubbed it in thoroughly into Stuart's skin.

In decoction it is used as an eye-wash in catarrhal conjunctivitis.

The decoction is made of 60 grams of the entire plant to 750 cc.