01 n. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.
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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.
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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.