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Definition of Comminute

Comminute
Comminute Com"mi*nute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comminuting.] [L. comminutus, p. p. of comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See Minute.] To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. --Pennant. Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.

Meaning of Comminute from wikipedia

- severe cases, the bone may be broken into several fragments, known as a comminuted fracture. An open fracture (or compound fracture) is a bone fracture where...
- Look up comminuted in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Comminuted may refer to: Comminution, the process in which solid materials are reduced in size...
- intervention for the fracture itself. Depressed fractures are usually comminuted, with broken portions of bone displaced inward—and may require surgical...
- it does not seem to add to diagnosis or treatment planning except for comminuted or avulsive type fractures, although, there is better clinician agreement...
- the surface of Pluto. Blanketed on top of the Moon's crust is a highly comminuted (broken into ever smaller particles) and impact gardened mostly gray surface...
- A child bone fracture or a pediatric fracture is a medical condition in which a bone of a child (a person younger than the age of 18) is cracked or broken...
- silica groundm**** determine the grind size to which the rock must be comminuted to enable efficient magnetic separation to provide a high-purity magnetite...
- A (non-comminuted) and subtype B (comminuted). Type I: Non-displaced fracture – It can be either non-comminuted ones (Type IA) or comminuted (Type IB)...
- comminuted Less uncommon Open reduction with ****-plate fixation III Compression fracture - articular surface Stable or unstable 2, 3, 4, comminuted...
- chewable chunks) whereas the posterior teeth are tailored to chewing (comminuting the food into swallowable particles). Anterior teeth are inherently more...