noun
extraction
ihk-STRAK-shuhn
noun
1
The act or process of removing or drawing something out.
"Oil extraction in the region has increased sharply over the past decade."
2
A person's ancestry or family origin.
"She is of Italian extraction on her mother's side."
3
The removal of a tooth.
"He needed an emergency extraction after the tooth cracked."
How to Use Extraction
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe process of pulling or drawing something out — a tooth, a resource, or figuratively, one's ancestry.
Common pairings
of French extraction
tooth extraction
oil extraction
Word Forms
extractions plural
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Etymology
From Old French estraction, based on Medieval Latin extractio — the noun form of "drawing out."