vb, -lat*ed  -lat*ing vt  1  :  to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (as a powdered drug) esp. for extracting a soluble constituent  2  :  to be diffused through vi  1  :  to ooze or trickle through a permeable substance  2  :  to become percolated
n :  a product of percolation <the is concentrated to one-fourth the weight of drug used -E. N. Gathercoal & E. H. Wirth>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  per·go·lide 
 
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