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   comminuted

   /ˈkɒmɪnjuːtɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. reduced to minute particles or fragments: technical "finely comminuted and amorphous materials"
   • ▪ (of a fracture) producing multiple bone splinters: technical "a grossly comminuted humeral fracture"

   Word Origin early 17th century: past participle of comminute, from Latin comminut- ‘broken into pieces’, from the verb comminuere, from com- ‘together’ + minuere ‘lessen’.

   Scrabble Points: 17

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