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TRITURATE

\tɹˈa͡ɪt͡ʃəɹˌe͡ɪt], \tɹˈa‍ɪt‍ʃəɹˌe‍ɪt], \t_ɹ_ˈaɪ_tʃ_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]\

Definitions of TRITURATE

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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To rub, grind, or bruise to a fine powder.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

1. To rub to a fine powder, specifically to powder a drug very fine and mix it thoroughly with a definite proportion of sugar of milk. 2. Trituratio.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

To rub or grind to a powder.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To reduce to a fine powder or pulp; pulverize.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To rub or grind to a very fine powder. See Trite.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To reduce to powder by rubbing.
A substance powdered fine by rubbing.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A substance or combination of substances reduced to a fine powder, especially by rubbing up in a mortar.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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