Extraction
[ik-strak-shuh n] /ɪkˈstræk ʃən/
noun
1.
an act or instance of :
the extraction of a molar.
2.
the state or fact of being .
3.
descent or lineage:
to be of foreign extraction.
4.
something ; .
/ɪkˈstrækʃən/
noun
1.
the act of extracting or the condition of being extracted
2.
something extracted; an extract
3.
4.
origin, descent, lineage, or ancestry: of German extraction
n.
early 15c., from Old French estraction (12c.) or directly from Medieval Latin extractionem (nominative extractio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin extrahere (see extract (v.)).
extraction ex·trac·tion (ĭk-strāk’shən)
n.
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