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tincture

 
Dictionary: tinc·ture   (tĭngk'chər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment.
  2. An imparted color; a tint.
  3. A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes.
  4. A trace or vestige: "a faint tincture of condescension" (Robert Craft).
  5. An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine: tincture of iodine.
  6. Heraldry. A metal, color, or fur.
tr.v., -tured, -tur·ing, -tures.
  1. To stain or tint with a color.
  2. To infuse, as with a quality; impregnate.

[Middle English, from Latin tīnctūra, a dyeing, from tīnctus, past participle of tingere, to dye.]


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Chemistry Dictionary: tincture
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A solution with alcohol as the solvent (e.g. tincture of iodine).



Thesaurus: tincture
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noun

    Something that imparts color: color, colorant, coloring, dye, dyestuff, pigment, stain. See colors/colorless.

verb

    To impart color to: color, dye, stain, tint. See colors/colorless.

Dental Dictionary: tincture
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(tink′chur)
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An alcoholic, hydroalcoholic, or ethereal solution of a drug.

Veterinary Dictionary: tincture
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An alcoholic or hydroalcoholic solution prepared from an animal or vegetable drug or a chemical substance.

  • benzoin t., compound — a mixture of benzoin, aloes, storax and tolu balsam in alcohol; used as a topical protectant.
  • iodine t. — a mixture of iodine and sodium iodide in a menstruum of alcohol and water; used as an anti-infective for the skin.
Wikipedia: Tincture
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A tincture prepared from white willow bark and ethanol

In medicine, a tincture is an alcoholic extract (e.g. of leaves or other plant material) or solution of a non-volatile substance; (e.g. of iodine, mercurochrome). To qualify as a tincture, the alcoholic extract is to have an ethanol percentage of at least 40-60% (sometimes a 90% percent pure liquid is even achieved). [1] Solutions of volatile substances were called spirits, although that name was also given to several other materials obtained by distillation, even when they did not include alcohol. In chemistry, a tincture is a solution that has alcohol as the solvent.

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General method of preparation

A general method of preparation on how tinctures can be prepared is the following:[2]

  • Herbs are put in a jar and a spirit of 40°C[citation needed] pure ethanol is added
  • The jar is left to stand for 2–3 weeks, shaken occasionally.

To make a more precise tincture, more extensive measuring can be done by combining 1 part herbs with a water-ethanol mixture of 2-10 parts, depending on the herb itself. With most tinctures, however, 1 part water at 5 parts ethanol is used.[1]

Examples of tinctures

Some examples that were formerly common in medicine[3] include:

Examples of spirits include:

See also

  • Nalewka - a traditional Polish category of alcoholic tincture.
  • infusion - a water or oil based extract with similar historical uses to a tincture.
  • Elixir - A pharmaceutical preparation containing an active ingredient that is dissolved in a solution containing some percentage of ethyl alcohol.
  • Extract

References

  1. ^ a b Groot Handboek Geneeskrachtige Planten by Geert Verhelst
  2. ^ How to make a tincture
  3. ^ The Pharmacopoeia of the United States, 1850 ed.

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Translations: Tincture
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - farvenuance, skær, anstrøg
v. tr. - farve, give et anstrøg af farve

Nederlands (Dutch)
tinctuur, kleurstof, tinten

Français (French)
n. - (Pharm) teinture, trace, (Hérald) émail
v. tr. - teinter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tinktur, alkoholischer Auszug, Beigeschmack, Färbung
v. - leicht färben, einen Anstrich geben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιατρ.) βάμμα (ιωδίου), απόχρωση, χροιά
v. - χρωματίζω, δίνω χροιά

Italiano (Italian)
tintura, tingere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tintura (f), traços (m pl), matiz (m), cor (f)
v. - colorir, impregnar, tingir

Русский (Russian)
тинктура, раствор, настойка, привкус, оттенок, налет, придавать оттенок, окрашивать

Español (Spanish)
n. - tintura, color, tinte
v. tr. - teñir, matizar, colorar, tinturar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tinktur
v. - färga, prägla

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
酊, 气息, 迹象, 特征, 颜色, 色彩, 染, 使充满, 使有气息

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 酊, 氣息, 跡象, 特徵, 顏色, 色彩
v. tr. - 染, 使充滿, 使有氣息

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 허울, 기미, 채색
v. tr. - 색을 입히다, 염색하다, ~의 맛을 내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - チンキ, 気味, …気味なところ
v. - 気味を帯びさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لون, صبغ (فعل) يشبع, يصبغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צבע, גוון, משרה, תמיסת-כוהל, שמץ, קורטוב, משקה חריף (מדוברת)‬
v. tr. - ‮גיוון, תיבל‬


 
 

 

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