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Decoction

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Word	Definition
extractverb	(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
excoctionnoun	(obsolete) The act of excocting or boiling out.
boildownnoun	The process of boiling something down; concentration by means of evaporation.
distillationnoun	(chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.
coctionnoun	(obsolete) An act of boiling.
distillatenoun	The liquid that has been condensed from vapour during distillation; normally a purified form or a fraction of an original liquid.
concoctionnoun	The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
recoctionnoun	A second coction or preparation
tincturenoun	(pharmacy) A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.
distilmentnoun	The process of distillation.
infusionnoun	A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
reductionnoun	The act, process, or result of reducing.
elixationnoun	(obsolete, chemistry) Boiling in order to produce an elixir
distillmentnoun	Alternative form of distilment. [The process of distillation.]
distillingnoun	Distillation.
dephlegmationnoun	(chemistry, obsolete) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; concentration.
dephenolationnoun	The removal of phenol from a mixture (typically by distillation)
exhaustionnoun	Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
boilnoun	The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.
cohobationnoun	(dated, physical chemistry) The boiling of a material in a liquid with the repeated return of the distillate.