De*coc"tion (?), n. [F. décoction, L.
decoctio.] 1. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.
In decoction . . . it either purgeth at the top or
settleth at the bottom. Bacon. 2. An extract got from a body by boiling it in
water. If the plant
be boiled in water, the
strained liquor is called the decoction of the plant.
Arbuthnot. In pharmacy decoction
is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping. Latham.
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