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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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  1. 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.
  2. n. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
  3. n. the act of making coffee in a percolator
  4. n. the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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