Trituration

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  • noun. The act or process of triturating.
  • noun. The composing of a dental amalgam by mortar and pestle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the act of triturating; grinding to a fine powder
  • noun. something triturated, especially dental amalgam