trituration

American  

[trich-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌtrɪtʃ əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act of triturating.

2. the state of being triturated.

3. Pharmacology.

   1. a mixture of a medicinal substance with sugar of milk, triturated to an impalpable powder.

   2. any triturated substance.

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trituration British  

/ ˌtrɪtjʊˈreɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of triturating or the state of being triturated

2. pharmacol a mixture of one or more finely ground powdered drugs

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Etymology

Origin of trituration

1640–50; < Late Latin trītūrātiōn- (stem of trītūrātiō ), equivalent to trītūrāt ( us ) threshed ( see triturate) + -ion -ion

Example Sentences

The standard process for isolating stem cells from neural tissue required roughing up the tissue and then sluicing it aggressively through a pipette, a process known as trituration.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016

This opened the possibility that the rough process of trituration was not merely segregating the stem cells from the tissue.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016

There was no sign of disease, but the edges were white and worn-looking, as if by some trituration.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The trituration and levigation of powders, and the perennial abrasion and waste of the surface of solid bodies, occasion a disintegration of particles almost exceeding the powers of computation.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

This cascarilla is formed by the trituration of egg-shells; and the oval faces whitened with it resemble a larger egg, with features drawn on it in black and red.

From A Trip to Cuba by Howe, Julia Ward

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