verb
Meaning 1
To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
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triturate
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verb
Meaning 2
To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
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verb
Meaning 3
To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.
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History
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”).