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n. - (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution; A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; An indication that something has been present;

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  • Sulfur-iodide ointment, or tincture of iodine may be applied.
  • A tincture of condescension
  • Thy tincture is that of the buffalo, and all souls shudder at thy sight.
  • Which reminds me of the word tincture, and not just because I was born on 4/20.
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