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What does triturate mean?

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Verb
  1. To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
  2. To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
  3. To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.
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The first step was to triturate a sample of chocolate three times with n-hexane to remove fats.
Add the cinnamon cacao sugar in portions and triturate thoroughly.
They can triturate branches and trunks of up to 280 mm of diameter.
When thoroughly mixed, add the water gradually, and triturate till a uniform mixture is obtained.
According to Foltis, a main difficulty for formulators is to triturate BPO to an acceptable particle size.
Mix the saccharin with the spirit of peppermint, then add the adalin, and triturate.

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