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tripsis
1. The act of reducing a drug to a fine powder and incorporating it thoroughly with sugar of milk by rubbing the two together in a mortar.
2. Mixing of dental amalgam in a mortar and pestle or with a mechanical device.
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(Greek: to crush; to massage, to rub, rubbing, friction, to grind)