Extraction

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Extraction may refer to:

In science and technology

In biology and medicine

• Comedo extraction, a method of acne treatment
• Dental extraction, the surgical removal of a tooth from the mouth

In computing and information science

• Data extraction, the process of retrieving data out of data sources
• The process of reversing data compression, a.k.a. decompression
• The process of choosing elements from a source document, in linguistics

Other uses in science and technology

• Extraction (chemistry), the separation of a substance from a matrix
• Extraction (wine), the amount of polyphenols leeched from the grape into the must
• Fragrance extraction, the process of obtaining fragrant oils and compounds from raw materials
• Resource extraction, the process of locating, acquiring and selling any resource
  • Petroleum extraction, the process of recovering petroleum from the ground
• Ancestry or origin of a person

In arts and entertainment

• Extraction (album), by guitarist Greg Howe
• Extraction (film), a 2015 film
• "Extraction" (The Shield), an episode of the television series
• Dead Space: Extraction, a video game prequel to the 2008 game Dead Space
• "Extractions", a song by BS 2000 on the 2001 album Simply Mortified
• Dirty Bomb (video game), formerly known as Extraction

Other uses

• Extraction (military), the removal of someone from a hostile area to a secure location
• A part of the anatomy of a stroke, in rowing

See also

• Extract
• Extracted, a 2012 American science fiction thriller