Triturate Definition
trĭchə-rāt
triturated, triturates, triturating
verb
To rub, crush, or grind into very fine particles or powder; pulverize.
Webster's New World
To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
Wiktionary
To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.
Wiktionary
noun
A triturated substance, especially a powdered drug.
American Heritage Medicine
Something triturated; specif., trituration.
Webster's New World
Origin of Triturate
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Late Latin trītūrāre trītūrāt- to thresh from Latin trītūra a threshing from trītus past participle of terere to thresh terə-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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