fracture
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left to right: transverse, oblique, and greenstick fractures
frac·ture
(frăk′chər)n.
1.
a. The act or process of breaking.
b. The condition of having been broken or ruptured: "a sudden and irreparable fracture of the established order" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
2. A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.
3. Mineralogy
a. The characteristic manner in which a mineral breaks.
b. The characteristic appearance of the surface of a broken mineral.
4. Geology A crack or fault in a rock.
v. frac·tured, frac·tur·ing, frac·tures
v.tr.
1.
a. To cause to break: The impact of the fall fractured the bone. See Synonyms at break.
b. To undergo a break in (a bone): He fractured his ankle in the fall.
2. To disrupt or destroy as if by breaking: fractured the delicate balance of power.
3. To abuse or misuse flagrantly, as by violating rules: ignorant writers who fracture the language.
4. Slang To cause to laugh heartily: "Jack Benny fractured audiences ... for more than 50 years" (Newsweek).
v.intr.
To undergo a fracture.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frāctūra, from frāctus, past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
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fracture
(ˈfræktʃə)n
1. the act of breaking or the state of being broken
2. (Pathology)
a. the breaking or cracking of a bone or the tearing of a cartilage
b. the resulting condition. See also Colles' fracture, comminuted fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, impacted2
3. a division, split, or breach
4. (Geological Science) mineralogy
a. the characteristic appearance of the surface of a freshly broken mineral or rock
b. the way in which a mineral or rock naturally breaks
vb
5. to break or cause to break; split
6. (Pathology) to break or crack (a bone) or (of a bone) to become broken or cracked
7. (Pathology) to tear (a cartilage) or (of a cartilage) to become torn
[C15: from Old French, from Latin fractūra, from frangere to break]
ˈfracturable adj
ˈfractural adj
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frac•ture
(ˈfræk tʃər)n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n.
1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare compound fracture.
2. the act of breaking or the state of being broken.
3. a break; split.
4. the characteristic manner of breaking.
5. the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral.
v.t. 6. to cause or to suffer a fracture in.
7. to break; crack.
8. Slang. to amuse highly.
v.i. 9. to become fractured; break.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin frāctūra a breach, cleft, fracture]
frac′tur•a•ble, adj.
frac′tur•al, adj.
frac′tur•er, n.
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frac·ture
(frăk′chər) A break or crack in a bone, usually also involving injury to surrounding structures. A fracture occurs when a force greater than the strength of the bone is applied, as in a fall.
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fracture
Past participle: fractured
Gerund: fracturing
| Imperative |
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| fracture |
| fracture |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
fracture
A break in a bone. There are three types: closed, open, and complicated (closed or open).
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| Noun | 1. |  fracture - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. comminuted fracture - fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed complete fracture - break involving the entire width of the bone compound fracture, open fracture - bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound compression fracture - fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae) depressed fracture - fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in displaced fracture - fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another fatigue fracture, stress fracture - fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury capillary fracture, hairline fracture - a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin incomplete fracture - fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone impacted fracture - fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end closed fracture, simple fracture - an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin |
| 2. |  fracture - (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"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks fault line - (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface inclined fault - a geological fault in which one side is above the other strike-slip fault - a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally | |
| 3. | fracture - the act of cracking something | |
| Verb | 1. | fracture - violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language" |
| 2. | fracture - interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power" | |
| 3. | fracture - break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" | |
| 4. | fracture - become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" break off, discontinue, stop, break - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" | |
| 5. | fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" refracture - break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist" fracture - become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" | |
| 6. | fracture - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" |
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fracture
noun
verb
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fracture
verb1. To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain:
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Translations
كَسْركَسْر، شَجَّـهيَكْسِر، يَشُجُّ
zlomeninazlomit
brudbrække
murtuma
prijelom
csonttöréseltörik
brjótabrot
骨折
골절
laužtilūžislūžtisulūžti
lūztlūzums
zlomenina
zlomzlomiti
fraktur
การแตกโดยเฉพาะกระดูก
vết rạn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fracture
vt → brechen; he fractured his shoulder → er hat sich (dat) → die Schulter gebrochen; fractured skull → Schädelbruch m
vi (cheekbone etc) → brechen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fracture
(ˈfrӕktʃə) noun a break of anything hard, especially a bone. a fracture of the left thigh-bone.
verb to break. The metal pipes (were) fractured.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
fracture
→ كَسْر zlomenina brud Knochenbruch κάταγμα fractura murtuma fracture prijelom frattura 骨折 골절 breuk brudd złamanie fratura перелом fraktur การแตกโดยเฉพาะกระดูก kırık vết rạn 破裂Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
frac·ture
n. fractura, rotura; pop. quebradura;
incomplete ___ → ___ incompleta.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
fracture
n fractura; boxer’s — fractura del boxeador; closed — fractura cerrada; comminuted — fractura conminuta; compound — fractura abierta or expuesta; green-stick — fractura en tallo verde; hairline — fisura, grieta, fractura muy fina; open — fractura abierta; pathologic — fractura patológica; skull — fractura craneal or de cráneo; spiral — fractura espiroidea; stress — fractura por estrés; vertebral compression — aplastamiento vertebral, fractura por compresión de una vertebra; vt, vi fracturar(se), quebrar(se); He fractured his femur..Se fracturó (quebró) el fémur…The bullet fractured his femur..La bala le fracturó (quebró) el fémur.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.