Decoction

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Decoction

(also called apozem), a medicine in liquid form. A decoction is made by pouring cold water over pulverized medicinal plants, steeping the mixture over a water bath, and then straining.

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No references found			And he went on talking over the business in hand calmly, while I tried vainly to dismiss from my mind the picture of Cesar steeped to the chin in the water of the old harbour, a decoction of centuries of marine refuse. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from the schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context Tristram, when they had tested the decoction which he had caused to be served to them, "now just give an account of yourself. The American by James, Henry View in context			declarative markup language declarative memory declarative statement Declaratory Act declaratory judgment Declasse Déclassé Declension declinate declination Declination Axis declination circle declination compass declination difference declination of grid north declination variometer Declination, Magnetic declining population declinometer Declinometer, Magnetic declivity DECmate DECmate I DECmcc DECnet Decoction decode Decoder decoder circuit decoding gate decoherence decoking decollator décollement decolonization decolorize decolorizer decolorizing carbon decometer decomino decommissioning decommutation decommutator Decompensation decompiler decomposable process Decomposed Petri Net Decomposer decomposition decomposition potential Decomposition Reactions			DECMA DECmate DECmate I DECmate II DECmate III DECmcc DECmcc DECMHC DECN DECnet DECnet DECnet Network Interface DECnet Phase IV Control Protocol DECnet Routing Protocol DECNIS deco deco Déco de la Vigne Déco Mont Blanc Industries Deco Tank Mounting Connector decoagulant decoct decoct decoct decoct decocted decocted Decoctible decocting decocting Decoction decoction mashing Decoction of Gui Zhi Tang decoction process decoctions decoctions decoctions decoctions decoctor decocts decocts Decocture DECOD decodable decodable decodable decodable decode decode decode decode decode Decode and Forward Decode Genetics Decode Level Point Decode-Encode Language decoded decoded decoded decoded decoded

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