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Fracture Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Fracture?
[n] the act of cracking something
[n] (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" [n] breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" [v] fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" [v] break, as of a bone; "She broke her clavicle" [v] become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" [v] violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language" [v] break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" [v] interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fracture: break | break | break | crack | cracking | fault | geological fault | shift Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | abuse | break | break | break off | breakage | breaking | cleft | closed fracture | comminuted fracture | complete fracture | compound fracture | compression fracture | crack | crevice | Denali Fault | depressed fracture | destroy | destruct | discontinue | displaced fracture | fatigue fracture | fault line | fissure | harm | hurt | impacted fracture | inclined fault | incomplete fracture | injury | misuse | open fracture | pervert | refracture | San Andreas Fault | scissure | simple fracture | stop | stress fracture | strike-slip fault | trauma Fracture In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone.
3. (Min.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a
compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.
{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.
\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. |
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