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decoction noun [ dɪˈkɒkʃ(ə)n ]

• a concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant.
• "a decoction of a root"
Origin: late Middle English: from late Latin decoctio(n- ), from decoquere ‘boil down’ (see decoct).


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