triturate

  1. Verb.  To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
  2. Verb.  To mix two solid reactants by repeated grinding and stirring.
  3. Verb.  To break up biological tissue into individual cells via passage through a narrow opening such as a hypodermic needle.

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