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Word: Decoction
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from late Latin decoctio(n-), from decoquere ‘boil down’ (see decoct)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈkɒkʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant
Short Definition:concentrated liquor resulting from heating substance
Examples:- a decoction of a root
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