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Definition of Comminuted

Comminuted
Comminute Com"mi*nute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comminuting.] [L. comminutus, p. p. of comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See Minute.] To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. --Pennant. Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.

Meaning of Comminuted from wikipedia

- Look up comminuted in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Comminuted may refer to: Comminution, the process in which solid materials are reduced in size...
- intervention for the fracture itself. Depressed fractures are usually comminuted, with broken portions of bone displaced inward—and may require surgical...
- severe cases, the bone may be broken into several fragments, known as a comminuted fracture. An open fracture (or compound fracture) is a bone fracture where...
- A (non-comminuted) and subtype B (comminuted). Type I: Non-displaced fracture – It can be either non-comminuted ones (Type IA) or comminuted (Type IB)...
- it does not seem to add to diagnosis or treatment planning except for comminuted or avulsive type fractures, although, there is better clinician agreement...
- vertical type, or stellate, where a direct compression force gives rise to a comminuted pattern. Patella fractures can be further classified as displaced, where...
- Heterotopic ossification of the elbow, after comminuted fracture and arthroplasty....
- Pneumocephalus Pneumocephalus and comminuted fracture of the frontal sinus...
- the surface of Pluto. Blanketed on top of the Moon's crust is a highly comminuted (broken into ever smaller particles) and impact gardened mostly gray surface...
- Hitting one's fingertip with a hammer can cause a comminuted (multi-fragment) fracture of the finger....