COMMINUTION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 16

n. Ko2m-i2n-u2'shu3n. Lat, commhtutio. Fr., c. Ger., Verminderung, Zerstucklung. The reduction of a solid body into small fragments; especially the fracture of a bone into several small pieces. [L, 94, 109, 135 ] [s. 361]