extraction

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From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.

countable, uncountable The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
countable, uncountable Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc. They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
countable, uncountable A person's origin or ancestry. Our companion on these tours was a young tourist, an American of Russian extraction, whose questions and remarks drew our attention to some details of Haifa life that have become too familiar and would have otherwise passed unnoticed. ...
countable, uncountable The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
countable, uncountable The removal of a tooth from its socket.
countable, uncountable The extraction yield of a brewed coffee.