extraction

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
3. (countable, uncountable) A person's origin or ancestry.
4. (countable, uncountable) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
5. (countable, uncountable) A removal of a tooth from its socket.

Synonyms

descent

removal

origin

lineage

mining

quarrying

birth

parentage

abstraction

drawing out

ancestry

production

family

👪

excision

copying

writing out

extract

elicitation

race

excavation

drag

draught

draw

drawer

drawing

educe

eduction

effusion

elision

enucleation

evisceration

ex

excerpt

exorcism

export

exportation

extortion

extractive

exudation

fetch

insertion

isolation

leach

nationality

omission

original

output

percolation

pulling

purge

Translations

extraction

estrazione

extracción

Extraktion

extração

εξαγωγή

extracção

afkomst

إستخلاص

Gewinnung

origine

καταγωγή

extracció

extrait

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈstɹækʃən/

Etymology

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.