See Also: EXTRACT(law)
Extract(medicine)
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Allergen extract(health)
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Essence or extract(recipes)

tureen (iou) and Extract (medicine)


tureen (iou)



tureen noun. M18.
[Alt. of TERRINE, perh. after Turin a city of N. Italy.]
A deep vessel (usu. oval) with a lid, from which soup is served. Also, a smaller vessel of similar shape for sauce or gravy.
tureenful noun as much as a tureen will hold L19.

Extract (medicine)


extract
<pharmacology> A concentrated preparation of a vegetable or animal drug obtained by removing the active constituents therefrom with a suitable menstruum, evaporating all or nearly all the solvent and adjusting the residual mass or powder to a prescribed standard. Extracts are prepared in three forms, semiliquid or of syrupy consistency, pilular or solid and as dry powder.

Origin: L. Extractum