"trituration" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: triturations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} trituration (countable and uncountable, plural triturations)
  1. The act of triturating; grinding to a fine powder. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-trituration-en-noun-GDmS~4Ai Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. Something triturated, especially dental amalgam. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-trituration-en-noun-Q8RRlDeO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: triturate

Inflected forms

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