extract
(eks-trakt′)
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(eks′trakt″ )
[L. extractum, drawn out]
1. To remove by surgery or by force.
2. A solid or semisolid preparation made by removing the soluble portion of a compound by using water or alcohol as the solvent and evaporating the solution.
3. The active principle of a drug obtained by distillation or chemical processes.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Extract." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767806/all/extract.
Extract. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767806/all/extract. Accessed September 9, 2024.
Extract. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767806/all/extract
Extract [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 September 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767806/all/extract.
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