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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fluidextract1

First recorded in 1850–55; fluid + extract
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Example Sentences

He finds that the fluidextract of veratrum viride is valuable when eclampsia is in evidence or imminent.

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