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Definition of comminuted in English: comminutedadjective ˈkɒmɪnjuːtɪdˈkɑməˌn(j)udəd technical 1Reduced to minute particles or fragments. 〈技〉粉碎的 finely comminuted and amorphous materials Example sentencesExamples - The ribbon could be used for specialty applications, but is most often comminuted into flake powder for subsequent degassing and consolidation.
- The carbonate component is represented by rounded and polished grains of comminuted molluscs.
- The results indicate a significant quantity of sand and silt in the samples consists of carbonate material, possibly comprising comminuted fossils.
- The mudstone drapes contain very finely comminuted plant debris.
Synonyms fine-grained, powdery, dusty, chalky, floury, powdered, ground, granulated, crushed, pulverized - 1.1Medicine (of a fracture) producing multiple bone splinters.
〔医〕（骨折）粉碎性的 a grossly comminuted humeral fracture most avian fractures tend to be comminuted Example sentencesExamples - One broken wrist, comminuted, and one rule-out internal bleeding.
- If any instability is noted after reduction or the fracture is comminuted, the patient should be referred to an orthopedist.
- Imagine an open displaced angulated comminuted clavicle fracture.
- Beneath the muscles, and on the same side, I found an extensive comminuted fracture, the bone being broken into eight or nine different portions, and driven in upon the brain.
- ‘Our club doctor Mark Waller has confirmed that he suffered a comminuted fracture of the tibia and fracture of the fibula in his left leg.’
OriginEarly 17th century: past participle of comminute, from Latin comminut- 'broken into pieces', from the verb comminuere, from com- 'together' + minuere 'lessen'. Definition of comminuted in US English: comminutedadjectiveˈkäməˌn(y)o͞odədˈkɑməˌn(j)udəd technical 1Reduced to minute particles or fragments. 〈技〉粉碎的 finely comminuted and amorphous materials Example sentencesExamples - The ribbon could be used for specialty applications, but is most often comminuted into flake powder for subsequent degassing and consolidation.
- The mudstone drapes contain very finely comminuted plant debris.
- The carbonate component is represented by rounded and polished grains of comminuted molluscs.
- The results indicate a significant quantity of sand and silt in the samples consists of carbonate material, possibly comprising comminuted fossils.
Synonyms fine-grained, powdery, dusty, chalky, floury, powdered, ground, granulated, crushed, pulverized - 1.1Medicine (of a fracture) producing multiple bone splinters.
〔医〕（骨折）粉碎性的 a grossly comminuted humeral fracture most avian fractures tend to be comminuted Example sentencesExamples - One broken wrist, comminuted, and one rule-out internal bleeding.
- Imagine an open displaced angulated comminuted clavicle fracture.
- If any instability is noted after reduction or the fracture is comminuted, the patient should be referred to an orthopedist.
- ‘Our club doctor Mark Waller has confirmed that he suffered a comminuted fracture of the tibia and fracture of the fibula in his left leg.’
- Beneath the muscles, and on the same side, I found an extensive comminuted fracture, the bone being broken into eight or nine different portions, and driven in upon the brain.
OriginEarly 17th century: past participle of comminute, from Latin comminut- ‘broken into pieces’, from the verb comminuere, from com- ‘together’ + minuere ‘lessen’. |