Associations to the word «Decoction»
Noun
Wiktionary
DECOCTION, noun. An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.
Dictionary definition
DECOCTION, noun. (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.