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cribration

cribration noun: sifting, especially of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts.

Noun

cribration (usually uncountable, plural cribrations)

  1. (obsolete, usually) sifting, especially of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts.

cribration meaning in Tamil

cribration in Tamil

சலித்தல்

Forms of cribration

pluralcribrations

Origin of cribration

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

Questions about cribration

What does cribration mean?
Cribration means sifting, especially of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts.
What is cribration in Tamil?
Cribration in Tamil is சலித்தல். See Cribration meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cribration?
Cribration is a noun.
What is the plural of cribration?
The plural of cribration is cribrations.

Words near cribration in the dictionary

  1. cribo
  2. cribos
  3. cribral
  4. cribrate
  5. cribrately
  6. cribration
  7. cribrations
  8. cribrella
  9. cribrellum
  10. cribricyath
  11. cribricyaths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cribration (page history and authors); cribration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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