fluidextract

[ floo-id-ek-strakt ]

nounPharmacology.
  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.

Origin of fluidextract

1
First recorded in 1850–55; fluid + extract

Words Nearby fluidextract

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British Dictionary definitions for fluidextract

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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