transverse fracture — noun (medicine) A fracture caused by an impact at right angles to the bone • • • Main Entry: ↑transverse … Useful english dictionary
Fracture, transverse — A fracture in which the break is across the bone, at a right angle to the long axis of the bone. 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… … 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, compound — A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called an open fracture. 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, open — A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called a compound fracture. 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, compression — A fracture caused by compression, the act of pressing together. Compression fractures of the vertebrae are especially common in the elderly. A fracture is a break in the bone or cartilage. It usually is a result of trauma but can be due to an… … Medical dictionary
FRACTURE (médecine) — FRACTURE, médecine Rupture de la continuité normale d’un os causée par un traumatisme. Certaines conditions peuvent prédisposer aux fractures: la calcification incomplète des os chez les enfants, l’ostéoporose chez les sujets âgés; les états… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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 en rave — (ah rahvґ) a fracture in which the break is transverse at the surface, but not within … Medical dictionary
transverse fissure — noun 1. : the cleft below the hemispheres of the brain through which the pia mater extends to form the choroid plexuses 2. : a cleft of the liver 3. : a fracture that starts at a crystalline center inside a railhead and spreads outward … Useful english dictionary
