Definition of Tripsis

1. n. Trituration.

Definition of Tripsis

1. pulverization [n TRIPSES]

Medical Definition of Tripsis

1. Trituration. Shampoo. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, fr. To rub. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tripsis

trippings
trippkeite
tripple
trippled
trippler
tripplers
tripples
trippling
trippy
triprolidine
triprolidine hydrochloride
triprosopus
trips
trips up
tripses
tripsis (current term)
triptan
triptane
triptanes
triptans
triptolide
tripton
triptons
triptorelin
triptote
triptotes
triptyca
triptycas
triptycene
triptycenes

Literary usage of Tripsis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"... as their united action is necessary for (he maintenance of life. tripsis. (T/HI^IS,) Contusio, Trituration. ..."

2. Physiological chemistry by Albert Prescott Mathews (1915)
"This reaction was called, therefore, the trypto- phane reaction (Gr. tripsis, a rubbing; phanos, bright). It is now known to be due to the formation of free ..."

3. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"Gr. tripsis, a rubbing or grinding, alluding either to the use of the grain or to the polished aspect of the glumes. Trisetum. Lat. (res. three, and seta, ..."

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