Comminute \Com"mi*nute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comminuting.]

[L. comminutus, p. p. of comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See Minute.]

To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. --Pennant.

Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)