Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of triturating.
- noun The composing of a dental amalgam by mortar and pestle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of triturating, or reducing to a fine powder by grinding. Trituration is a dry process, and thus distinguished from
levigation . - noun In pharmacy, a finely comminuted powder: as, a trituration of elateriu.
- noun In physiology, reduction to pulp by grinding between the teeth; molar mastication, or some corresponding process: as, the trituration of food before swallowing; trituration in the gizzard of a bird is assisted by little pebbles swallowed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of triturating, or reducing to a fine or impalpable powder by grinding, rubbing, bruising, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the act of
triturating ;grinding to a finepowder - noun something
triturated , especially dental amalgam
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Examples
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[27] When insoluble solids such as oyster shell lactose ( "trituration").
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[27] When insoluble solids such as oyster shell lactose ( "trituration").
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[27] When insoluble solids such as oyster shell lactose ( "trituration").
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[27] When insoluble solids such as oyster shell lactose ( "trituration").
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[29] When insoluble solids such as oyster shell lactose ( "trituration").
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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[27] When insoluble solids such as oyster shell lactose ( "trituration").
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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"striking board", covered in leather on one side and stuffed with horsehair. are used for remedies, they are diluted by grinding them with [[lactose]] ( "[[trituration]]").
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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"striking board", covered in leather on one side and stuffed with horsehair. are used for remedies, they are diluted by grinding them with [[lactose]] ( "[[trituration]]").
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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For this, Hahnemann had a saddlemaker construct a wooden 'striking board', covered in leather on one side and stuffed with horsehair (it is displayed at the oyster shellare used for remedies, they are diluted by grinding them with lactose ( 'trituration').
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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For this, Hahnemann had a saddlemaker construct a wooden 'striking board', covered in leather on one side and stuffed with horsehair (it is displayed at the oyster shell are used for remedies, they are diluted by grinding them with lactose ( 'trituration').
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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