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Coction

Coction \Coc"tion\, n. [L. coctio.]

  1. Act of boiling.

  2. (Med.)

    1. Digestion. [Obs.]

    2. The change which the humorists[1] believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. [Obs.]
      --Dunglison.

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coction

n. 1 (context obsolete English) An act of boiling. 2 (context medicine obsolete English) digestion 3 (context obsolete English) The change which the humoralists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.

Usage examples of "coction".

He writes: "When the sperm hidden in the body of gold is brought out by means of our Art, it appears under the form of Mercury, whence it is exalted into the quintessence which is first white, and then, by means of continuous coction, becomes red.