trituration

[ trich-uh-rey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of triturating.

  2. the state of being triturated.

  1. Pharmacology.

    • a mixture of a medicinal substance with sugar of milk, triturated to an impalpable powder.

    • any triturated substance.

Origin of trituration

1
1640–50; <Late Latin trītūrātiōn- (stem of trītūrātiō), equivalent to trītūrāt(us) threshed (see triturate) + -ion-ion

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British Dictionary definitions for trituration

trituration

/ (ˌtrɪtjʊˈreɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of triturating or the state of being triturated

  2. pharmacol a mixture of one or more finely ground powdered drugs

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