Definition
To extract the essence or strength from something by heating or boiling; to create a decoction.
Etymology
From Latin decocere 'to boil down,' from de- 'down' and coquere 'to cook.' Used in alchemy, herbal medicine, and early chemistry.
Kelly Says
Medieval herbalists and alchemists decocted plants constantly—boiling them down to concentrate their supposed medicinal powers. The word bridges the gap between cooking and chemistry, showing how medicine used to be inseparable from both.
Translations
CACatalà
decoct
deh-koh-t
CSČeština
decoct
deh-koh-t
DEDeutsch
Kochen
KOH-chen
ELΕλληνικά
decoct
deh-koh-t
ESEspañol
decocción
deh-koh-ksee-ohn
FRFrançais
décocter
deh-koh-tAIR
HIहिन्दी
decoct
deh-koh-t
HUMagyar
decoct
deh-koh-t
IDBahasa Indonesia
merebus
me-re-bus
ITItaliano
decoct
deh-koh-t
MSBahasa Melayu
decoct
deh-koh-t
MYမြန်မာ
decoct
deh-koh-t
NLNederlands
decocteren
deh-koh-teh-ren
PLPolski
decoct
deh-koh-t
PTPortuguês
decoct
deh-koh-t
RORomână
decoct
deh-koh-t
RUРусский
отваривать
ot-va-ri-vat'
SVSvenska
decoct
deh-koh-t
SWKiswahili
decoct
deh-koh-t
TEతెలుగు
decoct
deh-koh-t
TRTürkçe
kaynatmak
kay-naht-mak
UKУкраїнська
decoct
deh-koh-t
VITiếng Việt
decoct
deh-koh-t