trituration
the act of triturating.
the state of being triturated.
Pharmacology.
a mixture of a medicinal substance with sugar of milk, triturated to an impalpable powder.
any triturated substance.
Origin of trituration
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How to use trituration in a sentence
The first decimal trituration was given in doses of two grains gradually increased to ten grains every two hours.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawThe sand of which they are composed is a silicious material, reduced to minute grains, generally rounded, by trituration.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginMercury combines readily with sulphur by trituration, and with it forms a black powder called Ethiops mineral.
Woven steel wire gauze is employed with good effect in some mills where especially fine trituration is required.
Getting Gold | J. C. F. JohnsonRaumur was thus led at first to consider digestion, in the gallinace, as pure and simple trituration.
Experiments on Animals | Stephen Paget
British Dictionary definitions for trituration
/ (ˌtrɪtjʊˈreɪʃən) /
the act of triturating or the state of being triturated
pharmacol a mixture of one or more finely ground powdered drugs
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