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comminuted /com·mi·nut·ed/ (kom´in-ldbomact″id) broken or crushed into small pieces, as a comminuted fracture.
com·mi·nut·ed (km-ntd)
adj.
Broken into fragments. Used of a fractured bone.

comminuted
[kom′inyo̅o̅′tid]
Etymology: L, comminuere, to break into pieces
crushed or broken into a number of pieces.

comminuted [kom´ĭ-nūt″ed]
broken or crushed into small pieces, as a comminuted fracture.

comminuted
broken or crushed into small pieces, as a comminuted fracture.
Comminuted fracture of the tibia. By permission from Slatter D, Textbook of Small Animal Surgery, Saunders, 2002


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