Definition of Comminutions

1. Noun. (plural of comminution) ¹

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Definition of Comminutions

1. comminution [n] - See also: comminution

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comminutions

comminglement
comminglements
commingler
comminglers
commingles
commingling
comminglingly
comminglings
comminute
comminuted
comminuted fracture
comminuted skull fracture
comminutes
comminuting
comminution
comminutions
commis
commiserable
commiserate
commiserated
commiserates
commiserating
commiseratingly
commiseration
commiserations
commiserative
commiserator
commiserators
commish
commissaire

Literary usage of Comminutions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1909)
"Next to fractures, lacerated wounds were most frequent; then came contused wounds and comminutions; burns and avulsions are very close together; ..."

2. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1921)
"Shrapnel bullets and shell fragments cause fissured fractures and comminutions, as do also deformed and deflected bullets (Fig. 263). In- FIG. 261. ..."

3. Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland by Academy of Medicine in Ireland (1892)
"I think that these comminutions have resulted from the same cause as that ... the comminutions of the lower fragment in ordinary Colles' fracture—namely, ..."

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