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over-extraction


noun

  1. an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
  2. the state or fact of being extracted.
  3. descent or lineage: to be of foreign extraction.
  4. something extracted; extract.

noun

  1. the act of extracting or the condition of being extracted
  2. something extracted; an extract
    1. the act or an instance of extracting a tooth or teeth
    2. a tooth or teeth extracted
  3. origin, descent, lineage, or ancestryof German extraction

n.early 15c., from Old French estraction (12c.) or directly from Medieval Latin extractionem (nominative extractio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin extrahere (see extract (v.)). n.

  1. The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
  2. Something obtained by extracting; an extract.
  3. The removal by withdrawing or pulling out of a tooth from its socket.
  4. Removal of a baby from the genital canal in assisted delivery.
  5. The active portion of a drug.
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