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Webster 1913 Edition

Cribration

Cri-bra′tion

(kr?-br?′sh?n)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
cribration
, fr. L.
cribrare
to sift. See
Cribble
,
Noun.
]
(Pharmacy)
The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cribration

CRIBRATION

,
Noun.
[See Cribble.] The act of sifting or riddling; used in pharmacy.

Definition 2024

cribration

cribration

English

Noun

cribration ‎(plural cribrations)

  1. The separation of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts by sifting.

Etymology

Compare French cribration, from Latin cribrare ‎(“to sift”). See cribble ‎(noun).

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