triturate
English
Verb
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, Dracula (Chapter X)
- 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.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula (Chapter X)
Related terms
- tritorium
- triturable
- triturated
- trituration
- triturator
- triture
References
- triturate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Italian
Verb
triturate
- second-person plural present indicative of triturare
- second-person plural imperative of triturare
- feminine plural of triturato
Anagrams
- tritature
Latin
Verb
trītūrāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of trītūrō