See Also: decoct(dictionary)
decoct(medicine)
Mill(medicine)
mill(1)(dictionary)
mill(2)(dictionary)
mill(3)(dictionary)
run-of-the-mill(dictionary)
mill(4)(dictionary)
mill(5)(dictionary)
mill(6)(dictionary)

Mill's Methods (iou) and decoct (medicine)


Mill's Methods (iou)



Mill's Methods noun phr. pl. L19.
[J. S. Mill: see MILLIAN.]
Logic. The five canons of inductive inquiry for discovering and establishing the validity of causal relations between phenomena.

decoct (medicine)


decoct


1. To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.

2. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.

3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. "Decoct their cold blood."

Origin: L. Decoctus, p. P. Of decoquere to boil down; de- + coquere to cook, boil. See Cook to decoct.

Source: Websters Dictionary