• (n.) The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs.
In`suc·ca'tion noun [ Latin insucare , insucatum , to soak in; prefix in- + succus , sucus , sap.] The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs. [ Obsolete] Coxe. « The medicating and insuccation of seeds.»...
Type: Term Pronunciation: in′sŭ-kā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Maceration or soaking, especially of a crude drug to prepare it for further pharmaceutical operation.