extraction
(noun)
noun
1. the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
Definition categories: process, action, activity
2. properties attributable to your ancestry
Similar word(s): descent, origin
Definition categories: attribute, ancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage
3. the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)
- the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction