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extraction

/ɪkˈstɹækʃən/ noun

Latin root: extractio Wiktionary

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  1. The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
  2. Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
  3. A person's origin or ancestry.

Origin

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.

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