dɪˈsɛnt ɪkˈstɹækʃən ˈɒɹ.ɪ.dʒɪn ˈɔɹ.ɪ.dʒɪn the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction properties attributable to your ancestry he comes from good origins the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means