PULVERIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pulverized mean? 

• PULVERIZED (adjective)
  The adjective PULVERIZED has 1 sense:

1. consisting of fine particles

  Familiarity information: PULVERIZED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULVERIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consisting of fine particles

Synonyms:

fine-grained; powdered; powdery; pulverised; pulverized; small-grained

Context example:

pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding

Similar:

fine (of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles)

 Context examples 

Any whole or part of a plant (including plant exudates), animal or microorganism that is unprocessed (raw material), or that has been processed, pulverized or extracted.

(Natural Product, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, if a pinhead-sized sample of brain tissue from an Alzheimer’s patient were pulverized and diluted into a thousand gallons of liquid, the test still could detect tau seeds in a pinhead-sized volume of that dilution.

(New test detects protein associated with Alzheimer’s and CTE, National Institutes of Health)