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In exceptional cases it may be necessary to comminute a large foreign body such as a tooth plate.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
The soft and yielding texture of this organ—the stomach—indicates that it is not designed to crush and comminute solid articles of food.
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
The stomach is well muscled and churns the food about, helping to comminute it, but it can not take the place of the teeth.
From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by R. L. Alsaker
As old people, thro’ diminution of appetite, open their mouths seldomer than formerly; so for want of teeth to comminute their food, they do it with less noise.
From Medica Sacra or a Commentary on on the Most Remarkable Diseases Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures by Richard Mead
So this question becomes urgent: Why, the absolute's own total vision of things being so rational, was it necessary to comminute it into all these coexisting inferior fragmentary visions?
From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by William James
Woods suffered comminuted open fractures to the tibia and fibula in his right leg, which means both bones broke into at least three pieces and broke through the skin.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021
The fractures were described as comminuted, which meant the bones were broken in several places.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
Woods suffered comminuted open fractures to both the tibia and fibula in his right leg, which means both bones broke into at least three pieces and broke through the skin.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2021
He suffered comminuted open fractures to the tibia and fibula, which means both major bones in his lower right leg broke into multiple pieces and poked through the skin, which increased the threat of infection.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2021
Fractures are divided into four classes—partial, simple, compound, and comminuted.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
It was readily ignited, burning with a dull flame and smoke, the fragments comminuting more or less by the heat.
From Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings by W. P. (William Peter) Strickland
Indirect, remote, or accidental functions of a hammer may be comminuting, forging, driving, etc.
From The Classification of Patents by United States Patent Office
