- transcondylar fracture
- fracture of the humerus in which the line of fracture is at the level of the condyles, traverses the fossae, and is in part within the capsule of the joint; called also diacondylar f.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
transcondylar fracture
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transcondylar — Across or through the condyles; denoting the line of bone incision in Carden amputation. * * * trans·con·dy·lar kän də lər adj passing through a pair of condyles <a transcondylar fracture of the humerus> … Medical dictionary
fracture — 1. To break. 2. A break, especially the breaking of a bone or cartilage. [L. fractura, a break] apophysial f. separation of apophysis from bone. articular f. a f. involving the joint … Medical dictionary
diacondylar fracture — transcondylar f … Medical dictionary
