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mortar

[mor´ter]

a vessel with a rounded internal surface, used with a pestle, for reducing a solid to a powder or producing a homogeneous mixture of solids.

mor·tar

(mōr'tăr),

A vessel with rounded interior in which crude drugs and other substances are crushed or bruised by means of a pestle.

[L. mortarium]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

mor·tar

(mōr'tăr)

A vessel with a rounded interior in which crude drugs and other substances are crushed or bruised by means of a pestle.

[L. mortarium]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

mor·tar

(mōr'tăr)

Vessel with rounded interior in which substances may be crushed with a pestle.

[L. mortarium]

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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