[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fracture \frac"ture\ ?; 135, v. t. imp.  p. p. fractured
   ; 135; p. pr.  vb. n.. fracturing. cf. f. fracturer.
   to cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst
   asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as,
   to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.
   1913 webster frenulum
see also:
fractured fracturing 

[2] : 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.
      1913 webster

   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 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fracture
     n 1: breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty
          fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a
          fall" syn: break
     2: geology a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the
        displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they
        built it right over a geological fault" syn: fault, geological
        fault, shift, break
     3: the act of cracking something syn: crack, cracking
     v 1: violate or abuse; "this writer really fractures the
          language"
     2: interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of
        power"
     3: break into pieces; "the pothole fractured a bolt on the
        axle"
     4: become fractured; "the tibia fractured from the blow of the
        iron pipe"
     5: break a bone; "she broke her clavicle"
     6: fracture a bone of; "i broke my foot while playing hockey"
        syn: break
see also:
break fault geological fault shift crack cracking 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

179 moby thesaurus words for "fracture":
   abrade, abrasion, abysm, abyss, amuse, arroyo, bark, beguile,
   blemish, bloody, box canyon, breach, break, break open, break up,
   breakage, breaking, burn, burst, bust, canyon, cavity, chafe, chap,
   chasm, check, chimney, chink, chip, claw, cleavage, cleave, cleft,
   cleuch, clough, col, come apart, come unstuck, concussion,
   convulse, coulee, couloir, crack, crackle, cranny, craze, crevasse,
   crevice, cut, cut apart, cwm, defile, delight, dell, dike,
   disintegrate, ditch, divert, division, donga, draw, enliven,
   entertain, excavation, exfoliate, exhilarate, fall to pieces,
   fault, fissure, flash burn, flaw, flume, fracture one, fray,
   frazzle, fret, furrow, gall, gap, gape, gash, give away, give way,
   gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, hurt, incise, incision,
   injure, injury, joint, kill, kloof, knock dead, lacerate,
   laceration, leak, lesion, loosen up, maim, make mincemeat of, maul,
   moat, mortal wound, mutilate, mutilation, notch, nullah, open,
   opening, pass, passage, pierce, puncture, raise a laugh,
   raise a smile, ravine, recreate, refresh, regale, relax, rend,
   rent, rift, rime, rip, rive, run, rupture, savage, scald, scale,
   schism, scissure, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, seam,
   second-degree burn, separate, separation, skin, slash, slay, slice,
   slit, slot, snap, solace, sore, splinter, split, sprain,
   spring a leak, stab, stab wound, start, stick, strain, tear,
   third-degree burn, tickle, titillate, trauma, traumatize, trench,
   valley, void, wadi, wound, wounds immedicable, wow, wrench

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