triturate

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin triturare (thresh).

Verb

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triturate (third-person singular simple present triturates, present participle triturating, simple past and past participle triturated)

  1. To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
  2. To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
  3. To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.
    • 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 10, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
      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.

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References

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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triturate

  1. inflection of triturare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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triturate f pl

  1. feminine plural of triturato

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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trītūrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of trītūrō

Spanish

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Verb

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triturate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of triturar combined with te