fluidextract

fluidextract
/flooh"id ek"strakt/, n. Pharm.
a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
[1850-55; FLUID + EXTRACT]

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