[ 'kɒmɪnju:tɪd ]
■ adjective
1》 technical reduced to minute particles or fragments.
2》 Medicine (of a fracture) producing multiple bone splinters.
Derivatives
comminution noun
Origin
C17 (earlier (C16) as comminution ): past participle of comminute , from L. comminut- , comminuere 'break into pieces'.