triturate

English

Verb

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.

References

  • triturate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Italian

Verb

triturate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of triturare
  2. second-person plural imperative of triturare
  3. feminine plural of triturato

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Latin

Verb

trītūrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of trītūrō
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