Sentence example with the word 'decoction'

decoction

boil, combination, confection, ebulliency, expression, infiltration, leach, penetration, quintessence, seething, spirit

Definition n. (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling

Last update: October 10, 2015


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The dyeing is done in a bath made from a decoction of 40 lb.   [Please select]

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--Boil first for one hour with a decoction of 8 lb.   [Please select]

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Rue-pills, and a decoction of rue, as a tonic, have been administered with apparent benefit.   [Please select]

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The decoction, Kivi explained, comes from the root, and we set to work to dig it.   [Please select]

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A _copper-logwood black_ is got by taking 100 gallons logwood decoction at 3° Tw.   [Please select]

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A decoction of tobacco water (_vide_ receipt) kills them off.   [Please select]

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Vitelius, when he wishes to relieve himself, uses ivory fingers to thrust down his throat; others serve themselves with flamingo feathers steeped in olive oil or in a decoction of wild thyme.   [Please select]

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The addition of a little chlorine to the decoction of logwood has been recommended as increasing the dyeing power of the wool.   [Please select]

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