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
fracture — fracturable, adj. fractural, adj. fracturer, n. /frak cheuhr/, n., v., fractured, fracturing. n. 1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Cf. comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture,… … Universalium
fracture — n. breakage of a bone, either complete or incomplete. A simple fracture involves a clean break with little damage to surrounding tissues and no break in the overlying skin. If the overlying skin is perforated and there is a wound extending to the … The new mediacal dictionary
fracture — /ˈfræktʃə / (say frakchuh) noun 1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, etc., or the resulting condition (in a bone, called a simple fracture when the broken bone does not pierce the skin and a compound fracture when either the broken bone pierces… …
fracture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. break, split, crack, cleft. See disjunction, brittleness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of breaking] Syn. rupture, breakage, disjunction, cleaving, cleavage, disseverment, riving, displacement,… … English dictionary for students
greenstick fracture — ► NOUN ▪ a fracture of the bone, occurring typically in children, in which one side of the bone is broken and the other only bent … English terms dictionary
greenstick fracture — [grēn′stik΄] n. a type of bone fracture, esp. of the long bones of children, in which the bone is bent and broken only on the convex side … English World dictionary
Greenstick fracture — Almost exclusively occurs during infancy and childhood.The bending of a bone with incomplete fracture, involving the convex side only. Green stick fractures are characterized by a break in the bone which partially extends across and then along… … Wikipedia
Greenstick fracture — A fracture in which one side of a bone is broken while the other is bent (like a green stick). A fracture is a break in the bone or cartilage. It usually is a result of trauma but can be due to an acquired disease of bone such as osteoporosis or… … Medical dictionary
fracture — n. 1) to reduce, set a fracture 2) a compound; compression; greenstick; hairline; simple; stress * * * [ fræktʃə] compression greenstick hairline set a fracture simple stress a compound to reduce … Combinatory dictionary
