extraction

1. The process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means (synset 113499728)
   is a type of: action, activity, natural action, natural process - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
   subtypes:

   • decoction - (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling
   • dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation - the process of extracting moisture
   • elution - the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions
   • infusion - the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)
   • beneficiation, mineral dressing, mineral extraction, mineral processing, ore dressing, ore processing - crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques
2. Properties attributable to your ancestry (synset 104930920)
   "he comes from good origins"
   is a type of: ancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
   subtypes: full blood - descent from parents both of one pure breed
   same as: descent, origin
3. The action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) (synset 100393758)
   "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
   is a type of: remotion, removal - the act of removing

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