COCTION

Source: 566, 567

coction. Coction, n. the act of boiling, digestion

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Coc″tion (?), n. [[L. coctio.]] 1. 1. Act of boiling.
2. 2. (Med.) (a) Digestion. (b) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. Dunglison.