commolition

名词 n.
/ˌkɑ.məˈlɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of grinding together. obsolete,uncountable
    — And whether these fragments of iron and hard substances swallowed by the Oestridge, have not also that use in their stomacks, which they have in other birds; that is, in some way to supply the use of teeth, by commolition, grinding and compression of their proper aliment, upon the action of the strongly conformed muscles of the stomack;

词源

From Latin commolitus, from Latin commolō (“to shake or grind thoroughly”).
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