extraction

Etymology

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.

noun

  1. An 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. (dated) A person's origin or ancestry.
    Our companion on these tours was a young tourist, an American of Russian extraction, whose questions and remarks drew our attention to some details of Haifa life that have become too familiar and would have otherwise passed unnoticed. ... 2014, Larissa Remennick, Russian Israelis: Social Mobility, Politics and Culture, Routledge, page 144
  4. (military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
  5. (dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.

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