Medical Dictionary
1percolate
verb per·co·late \ˈpər-kə-ˌlāt\
per·co·lat·edper·co·lat·ing
Medical Definition of PERCOLATE
transitive verb
1
: to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (as a powdered drug) especially for extracting a soluble constituent
2
: to be diffused through
intransitive verb
1
: to ooze or trickle through a permeable substance
2
: to become percolated
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