tincture
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈtɪŋk.tʃɚ/
- Specialized
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tintura
- He prepared the tincture by dissolving the plant extract in alcohol to create a potent remedy.
- an alcohol tincture
- herbal tincture
- tinctures and extracts
Number two is black walnut hole extract or tincture.
- Number two is black walnut hole extract or tincture.
- What is the story with THCCBD cannabis edible smoked tinctures on sleep specifically?
- Pepper, chili tincture, Hot pepper on your penis.
Examples
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An old, old bottle of tincture of merthiolate.
Fiction book (2001) -
Turn off the heat, and allow the tincture to steep in water for 30-45 minutes.
Blog text (22) -
Let me give you a tincture to help you deal with this pain.
Fiction book (1999) -
I gave you some tincture of opium.
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I just need two milligrams of the cold salt tincture, if you please.
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Patients should avoid tinctures, which can contain 50% grain alcohol and create additional interaction problems.
Academic text (2003) -
You can also try an adaptogenic herbal tincture for adrenal support.
Blog text (14) -
Helsse ordered two drams of "Wildwood Tincture," which were presently brought to the table.
Fiction book (1993) -
Whereas beforehand the mothers would go back to work and would be unable to breastfeed them and would feed them something called Godfrey's tincture to keep them quiet.
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The Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) was aimed at reducing the abuse of patent medicines, which at the time often contained combinations of tincture of opium and cocaine dissolved in alcohol.
Academic text (2009)
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.6
A liquid of iodine in alcohol used to clean cuts and prevent infection
- Archaic
A liquid medicine made from opium and camphor that treats diarrhea and eases pain
- NSFW
A strong liquid medicine made from opium and alcohol to relieve pain or diarrhea
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Etymology
Tincture comes from the Latin tingere 'to dye', and because old medicines were often made by dissolving plants in alcohol that gave a color, the word came to mean a liquid medicine. So a tincture today is a medicinal extract in 'alcohol'.