comminution

Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmɪˈnjuːʃ(ə)n/

The English word “comminution” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.
The fracture of a bone site into multiple pieces (at least three, and often many).

Etymology

From Latin comminūtiō (“breaking into pieces, crumbling, shattering; crushing, pulverizing”), from Latin comminuō (“to break or crumble into small pieces; to crush, pulverize”) (from com- (prefix indicating completeness) + minuō (“to make smaller; to diminish, lessen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”)) + Latin -tiō (suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the…

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