Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
mi·cron·ize Variant:
also British mi·cron·ise /'mI-kr&-"nIz/ Function:
transitive verbInflected Forms:
-ized also British -ised;
-iz·ing also British -is·ing : to pulverize extremely fine;
especially : to pulverizeinto particles a few micrometers in diameter <
micronized graphite> <
micronized penicillin> —
mi·cron·iza·tion also British mi·cron·isa·tion /"mI-kr&-n&-'zA-sh&n/ noun