Found 1 hit - Term: complicated fracture, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fracture \frac"ture\ ?; 135, n. l. fractura, fr. frangere,
fractum, to break: cf. f. fracture. see fraction.
1. the act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
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2. surg. the breaking of a bone.
1913 webster
3. min. the texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a
compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.
1913 webster
comminuted fracture surg., a fracture in which the bone
is broken into several parts.
complicated fracture surg., a fracture of the bone
combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or
joint.
compound fracture surg., a fracture in which there is an
open wound from the surface down to the fracture.
simple fracture surg., a fracture in which the bone only
is ruptured. it does not communicate with the surface by
an open wound.
syn: fracture, rupture.
usage: these words denote different kinds of breaking,
according to the objects to which they are applied.
fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the
fracture of a bone. rupture is oftener applied to soft
substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. it is
also used figuratively. "to be an enemy and once to
have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture?"
--south.
1913 webster
see also:
fraction comminuted fracture complicated fracture compound fracture simple fracture fracture
rupture
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