CRIBRATION
\kɹɪbɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \kɹɪbɹˈeɪʃən], \k_ɹ_ɪ_b_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By Oddity Software
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A pharmaceutical operation, which consists in separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser. Sieves, Drumsieves, are used for this purpose. These were formerly called Cribra; Coscinoi.A sieve for separating the bran from meal was termed Cresera, Aleurotsis Cribrum Pollinarium.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland