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triturate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Latin terō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin trītūra Latin trītūrārebor. English triturate Borrowed from Latin trītūrāre (“thresh”).

Meanings

  1. To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
  2. To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
  3. To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.
    • 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, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
triturating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
triturates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
triturated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
triturated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

triturable

Relateds

triturable · triture · tritorium · triturated · triturator · trituration