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decoction
1. The extraction of an essence or active ingredient from a substance by boiling.
2. A concentrated substance that results from decoction, or boiling.
3. Water in which a crude vegetable drug has been boiled and which therefore contains the constituents or principles of the substance soluble in boiling water.
4. The act or process of boiling resulting in a medicine or other substance prepared by boiling.
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