extraction (n.)

  1. the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

  2. properties attributable to your ancestry; he comes from good origins

    [ Syn: origin , descent ]

  3. the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction'

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