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Triturate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
  2. 2
    To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
  3. 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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin triturare (“thresh”).

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