Definition of coction

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Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.

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Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of perfecting or maturing.
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
Tea :: Tea (n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage..
Down :: Down (adv.) From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions..
Apozem :: Apozem (n.) A decoction or infusion.
Drink :: Drink (n.) Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition..
Excoction :: Excoction () The act of excocting or boiling out.
Coction :: Coction (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
Coction :: Coction (n.) Act of boiling.
Eupepsy :: Eupepsy (n.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.
Extract :: Extract (n.) A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark..
Chica :: Chica (n.) A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
Orgeat :: Orgeat (n.) A sirup in which, formerly, a decoction of barley entered, but which is now prepared with an emulsion of almonds, -- used to flavor beverages or edibles..
Coction :: Coction (n.) Digestion.
Treacle :: Treacle (n.) A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like..
Decocture :: Decocture (n.) A decoction.
Medium :: Medium (a.) Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength..
Catechu :: Catechu (n.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared..
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