Definition of "triturate"

triturate

verb
third-person singular simple present triturates, present participle triturating, simple past and past participle triturated
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.
  Quotations
  Just over the external jugular vein there were two punctures, not large, but not wholesome-looking. There was no sign of disease, but the edges were white and worn-looking, as if by some trituration.
  1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 10, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library