• (n.) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. • (n.) Digestion. • (n.) Act of boiling.
Coc'tion noun [ Latin coctio .] 1. Act of boiling. 2. (Medicine) (a) Digestion. [ Obsolete] (b) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. [ Obsolete] Dunglison. 
coction 1. The act of cooking, boiling, or altering a substance by applying heat. 2. An old term for 'digestion'.