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The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.
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- n. The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.
- n. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
- n. the act of making coffee in a percolator
- n. the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
- The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.
- The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration;straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting thevirtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly throughit.
- n:100 n. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium n. the act of making coffee in a percolator n. the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification