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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluidextract¹

First recorded in 1850–55; fluid + extract

Example Sentences

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

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