extraction
noun
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- An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
- (dated) A person's origin or ancestry.
- (dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
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extraction
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extract
noun
/ɛksˈtɹækt/
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- Something that is extracted or drawn out.
- A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
- A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
- A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
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extrait
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extract
verb
/ɛksˈtɹækt/
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- (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
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extraire
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