coction

noun

coc·​tion

ˈkäkshən

plural -s

1

archaic : the act or process of attaining a more perfect, more mature, or more desirable condition either through natural processes or by the intervention of foreign agents (as heat)

specifically : digestion of food

2

archaic : suppuration conceived of especially by humoralists as a stage in the normal process of wound healing or as a phase in the development of any disease

Word History

Etymology

Latin coction-, coctio cooking, digestion, from coctus + -ion-, -io -ion

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