DECANTATION
\dɪkantˈe͡ɪʃən], \dɪkantˈeɪʃən], \d_ɪ_k_a_n_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By William R. Warner
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Decantatio, Defusio, Metangismoa, Catachysis. A pharmaceutical operation, which consists in pouring off, gently, by inclining the vessel, any fluid which has left a deposit.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.