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Definition of Decoct

1. Verb. Extract the essence of something by boiling it.

2. Verb. Be cooked until very little liquid is left. "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

3. Verb. Steep in hot water.

Definition of Decoct

1. v. t. To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.

Definition of Decoct

1. Verb. (context: cooking) To make an infusion ¹

2. Verb. (context: cooking) To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decoct

1. to extract the flavor of by boiling [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Decoct

1. 1. To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of. 2. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct. 3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. "Decoct their cold blood." Origin: L. Decoctus, p. P. Of decoquere to boil down; de- + coquere to cook, boil. See Cook to decoct. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decoct

declutter decluttered declutterer declutterers decluttering declutters deco decoagulant decocainize decocainized

decocainizing decock decocked decocking decocks decoct (current term) decocted decocting decoction decoction mashing

decoction process decoctions decoctive decocts decocture decodability decodable decode decoded decoder

Literary usage of Decoct

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"... Dr. Graves' advises a gargle composed of T. Capsici 5Ji and decoct. Cinchona; gvj, to be used five or six times a day. The quantity of T. Capsici may be ..."

2. The Clinical Journal (1893)
"The usual drug-treatment in these wards for patients with pneumonia is Quinine, 2 grs. every four hours. This boy is taking — Ammon. Carb ... decoct. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1865)
"decoct, aloes comp f^ss. to f^iss. decoct ... decoct, dulcamara f.?s«- to f,^j. decoct ... decoct ulmi ^U- to f^iv. Digitalis folia gr. ss. to gr. iij ..."

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