Pharmacopeial liquid preparation of vegetable drugs, made by percolation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, or both, and so made that each milliliter contains the therapeutic constituents of 1 g of the standard drug that it represents. SYN: liquid extract.
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flu·id·ex·tract .flü-ə-'dek-.strakt n an alcohol preparation of a vegetable drug containing the active constituents of one gram of the dry drug in each milliliter
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flu·id·ex·tract (floo″id-ekґstrakt) a liquid preparation of a vegetable drug, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, or both, of such strength that each milliliter contains the therapeutic constituents of 1 g of the standard drug which it represents.Medical dictionary. 2011.