comminuted
Crushed into fragments
Comminuted means broken or crushed into small fragments or powder.
The term appears most often in medical contexts describing bone fractures where the bone has shattered into multiple pieces: a comminuted fracture of the femur.
It also appears in technical writing about grinding or pulverizing materials.
Broken into sharp slivers
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- shatteredBroken into fragments
shivered · snapped · split · ruptured · segmental · displaced · impacted · compound
Compressed into fragments
- groundSolid surface underfoot
- powderedCrushed to fine particles
- milledProcessed by grinding
- granulatedFormed into grains
atomized · disintegrated · reduced · refined · processed · homogenized · emulsified · dispersed
splintered
Broken into sharp slivers
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- crackedHaving surface fractures
shattered · shivered · snapped · split · ruptured · segmental · displaced · impacted · compound · spiral
crushed
Compressed into fragments
granulated · atomized · disintegrated · reduced · refined · processed · homogenized · emulsified · dispersed · fine
fracture
Split in hard material
reduction · fixation · orthopedic · trauma · displacement · healing · callus · nonunion · malunion · debridement