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decoctive

adj

Etymology

From decoct + -ive.

  1. derived from dēcoquō
  2. suffixed as decoctive — “decoct + ive”

Definitions

  1. Serving to decoct.

    • More or less change was effected, however, in nearly all cases, and the augitic and feldspathic and olivinitic minerals were reduced, by the decoctive action of the water, to chloritic and micaceous elements.

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