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fluidextract

[ floo-id-ek-strakt ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.

fluidextract

/ ˈfluːɪdˈɛkstrækt /

noun

  1. an alcoholic solution of a vegetable drug, one millilitre of which has an activity equivalent to one gram of the powdered drug
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fluidextract1

First recorded in 1850–55; fluid + extract

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