Extraction

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Origin

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio

Full definition of extraction

Noun

1. An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
2. A person's origin or ancestry.
3. Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
• MiltonThey books do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
4. (military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
5. (dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.

Synonyms

• (origin, ancestry) descent, lineage