- extraction - the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
--1 is a kind of natural process, natural action, action, activity
--1 has particulars:dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation; elution; infusion; mineral extraction, mineral processing, mineral dressing, ore processing, ore dressing, beneficiation Derived forms: verb extract5, verb extract4 - origin, descent, extraction - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
--2 is a kind of ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
--2 has particulars: full blood - extraction - the act of pulling out (as a tooth); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
--3 is a kind of removal, remotion
Derived form: verb extract1