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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

전탕

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jeontang

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Decoction/dɪˈkɒk.ʃən/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"한약재를 달여서 만드는 전탕 과정을 거칩니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A liquor or extract obtained by boiling medicinal herbs or other plant materials in water.

    "The herbalist prepared a bitter decoction of roots and bark to treat the ailment."
  2. 2

    The act or process of boiling down to extract the essence or active properties.

    "Prolonged decoction of the ingredients yielded a concentrated syrup."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word derives from the Late Middle English term 'decokcioun', stemming from the Latin 'decoctio', which is related to 'decoquere' meaning 'to boil down'. It combines the prefix 'de-' (down) with 'coquere' (to cook), reflecting its historical application in herbal medicine and pharmacy for extracting soluble substances by boiling.

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