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com·mi·nute

Audio Help [kom-uh-noot, -nyoot] Pronunciation Key verb, -nut·ed, -nut·ing, adjective

–verb (used with object)

1.	to pulverize; triturate.

–adjective

2.	comminuted; divided into small parts.

3.	powdered; pulverized.

[Origin: 1620–30; < L comminūtus, ptp. of comminuere, equiv. to com- com- + minuere to lessen, akin to minor minor

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—Related forms

com·mi·nu·tion, noun

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com·mi·nute Audio Help (kŏm'ə-nōōt', -nyōōt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. com·mi·nut·ed, com·mi·nut·ing, com·mi·nutes
To reduce to powder; pulverize.

[Latin comminuere, comminūt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + minuere, to lessen; see mei-² in Indo-European roots.]

com'mi·nu'tion n.

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comminuted
adj.

Broken into fragments. Used of a fractured bone.

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Main Entry: com·mi·nut·ed
Function: adjective
: being a fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed into numerous pieces <a comminuted elbow fracture>

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