extract

(ex’trakt) (L. extrac’tum, from ex out + tra’here to draw]. A preparation obtained by exhausting a substance with a menstruum (water, alcohol, ether, or other solvent), and then evaporating it to complete or approximate dryne . acetic 6., an extract in which acetic acid is the menstruum used. adrenale. Same as suprarenal ε. alcoholic e., one in which alcohol is used as the menstruum. ammoniated @., one which is prepared by exhausting with ammonia as the menstruum. animal e., an extract from some organ of an animal, obtained by digestion with a mixture of glycerin, alcohol, and boric acid, and believed to contain the active prin- Situated or Just outside the Outside of a Out- Outside of the 356