| 单词 |
comminuted |
| 释义 |
comminuted, ppl. a.|ˈkɒmɪnjuːtɪd| [f. as prec. + -ed1.] 1. Reduced to minute particles, or portions.
1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Transplanting, By..drenching the mould with water..and by meliorating with sweet and comminuted lætations. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. (1772) 242 The soil is composed of sand and comminuted shells. 1860Sat. Rev. X. 306/1 The comminuted political condition which is just now so noxious to his country. 1862Dana Man. Geol. 74 Sand is comminuted rock of any kind..common sand is mainly comminuted quartz. 2. Surg. Of a bone: Broken or crushed into several pieces. So comminuted fracture.
1790J. Aitken Ess. Fractures 5. 1831 Sir A. Cooper Disloc. & Fractures (ed. 7) Descr. Plate xxviii, A compound and comminuted fracture of the radius. Ibid., Fragments of the broken radius extremely comminuted. |

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