Definition of Elutriate

1. v. t. To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.

Definition of Elutriate

1. Verb. to decant; to purify something by straining it ¹

2. Verb. to separate large and small particles through an upwardly flowing current of liquid or gas ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Elutriate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Elutriate

1. To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing. Origin: L. Elutriatus, p. P. Of elutriare. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elutriate

elusively
elusiveness
elusivenesses
elusory
elutant
elute
eluted
elutes
eluting
elution
elution profile
elution volume
elutions
elutor
elutors
elutriate (current term)
elutriated
elutriates
elutriating
elutriation
elutriations
elutriator
elutriators
eluvia
eluvial
eluviate
eluviated
eluviates
eluviating
eluviation

Literary usage of Elutriate

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

1. The Techno-chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts by William Theodore Brannt, William Henry Wahl (1886)
"First elutriate the chalk through a fine sieve with about 25 gallons of water. ... elutriate the sulphate of lead, heavy spar, and chalk through a fine ..."

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