trituration
Americannoun
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the act of triturating.
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the state of being triturated.
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Pharmacology.
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a mixture of a medicinal substance with sugar of milk, triturated to an impalpable powder.
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any triturated substance.
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noun
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the act of triturating or the state of being triturated
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pharmacol a mixture of one or more finely ground powdered drugs
Etymology
Origin of trituration
1640–50; < Late Latin trītūrātiōn- (stem of trītūrātiō ), equivalent to trītūrāt ( us ) threshed ( see triturate) + -ion -ion
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
In the graminivorous birds, the walls of this cavity are very thick and muscular, and clothed internally with a strong, horny epithelium, serving for the trituration of the food.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
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