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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.
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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]
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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]
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