Ex·tract n.
 1. That which is extracted or drawn out.
 2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
 3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
 4. Med. A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.
 5. Old Chem. A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. [Obs.]
 6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.]
 7. Scots Law A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.
 Fluid extract Med., a concentrated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.

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