Medical Term:
decoction
Pronunciation: dē-kok′shŭn
Definition:
- The process of boiling.
- The pharmacopeial name for preparations made by boiling crude vegetable drugs, and then straining, in the proportion of 50 g of the drug to 1000 mL of water.
Synonym(s): apozem, apozema
[L. decoctio, fr. de-coquo, pp. -coctus, to boil down]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
