Soxhlet extractor

noun

variants or less commonly Soxhlet

: soxhlet apparatus

especially : the cylindrical extraction tube

Word History

Etymology

after Franz von Soxhlet †1926

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Rhymes for Soxhlet extractor

• bioreactor
• acter
• actor
• factor
• tractor
• attractor
• cofactor
• compactor
• contactor
• contractor
• distractor
• impactor