fluidextrac'tum, gen

-fiuidextracU, pi. fiuidextracia (flu"id-ek-strak'tum) [L. fiuidus, fluid, exiractum, extract.] Fluidextract, a pharmacopeial prepar^on (termed exiractum Hquidum in the B.P.) fcdnsisting of a concentrated solution in alcohol, or alcohol and water, of the vegetable principles of a drug, of such strength that i c.c. of fluidextract represents in therapeutic value i gm. of the crude drug; the exceptions to this rule are the extracts of certain drugs which are standardized to a definite alkaloidal strength. There are eighty-five fluidextracts in the U.S.P. of 1900. [For the liquid extracts of the B.P. see imder exiraciunt.] liniments; internal dose, njJJ-i (0.03-0.06). stimulant and diuretic in doses of ltJ}i-3 (0.06-0.2). agogue in doses of TH20-40 (1.3-2.6).