triturate
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triturate (third-person singular simple present triturates, present participle triturating, simple past and past participle triturated)
- To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
- To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
- To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 10, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
- Just over the external jugular vein there were two punctures, not large, but not wholesome-looking. There was no sign of disease, but the edges were white and worn-looking, as if by some trituration.
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- “triturate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Etymology 1 edit
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triturate
- inflection of triturare:
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triturate f pl
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trītūrāte
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triturate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of triturar combined with te