Medical Term:
extraction
Pronunciation: eks-trak′shŭn
Definition:
- Luxation and removal of a tooth from its alveolus.
- Partitioning of material (solute) into a solvent.
- The active portion of a drug; the making of an extract.
- Surgical removal by pulling out.
- Removal of the fetus from the uterus or vagina at or near the end of pregnancy, either manually or with instruments.
- Removal of the product of conception by sucton before a menstrual period has been missed.
[L. extraho, pp. -tractus, to draw out]
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