Definition of "comminuted" [comminuted]

• Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of comminute. (verb)

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• "What they now figured out is that this is more of what's called a comminuted fracture, sort of a common high energy impact, flipped over the handlebars."
• "When he got to Austin, they got more x-rays and they found it's more what's known as a comminuted fracture."
• "Organic constituents, such as comminuted shells, and silicious and calcareous exuviae of infusorial animals and plants, are sometimes found mingled in considerable quantities with mineral sands."