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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