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com⋅mi⋅nute

  [kom-uh-noot, -nyoot] verb, -nut⋅ed, -nut⋅ing, adjective
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–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

Related forms:
com⋅mi⋅nu⋅tion, noun
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com·mi·nute   (kŏm'ə-nōōt', -nyōōt')   
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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Main Entry: com·mi·nute
Pronunciation: 'käm-&-"n(y)üt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -nut·ed;-nut·ing
: to reduce to minute particles comminute a therapeutic agent> —com·mi·nu·tion /"käm-&-'n(y)ü-sh&n/ noun
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comminute com·mi·nute (kŏm'ə-n&oomacr;t', -ny&oomacr;t')
v. com·mi·nut·ed, com·mi·nut·ing, com·mi·nutes
To reduce to powder; to pulverize.

com'mi·nu'tion n.

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