compound fracture


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compound fracture

n.
A fracture in which broken bone fragments lacerate soft tissue and protrude through an open wound in the skin.
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compound fracture

n
(Medicine) a fracture in which the broken bone either pierces the skin or communicates with an open wound
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com′pound frac′ture


n.
a fracture in which the broken bone is exposed through a wound in the skin.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.compound fracture - bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound
fracture, break - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
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Translations

compound fracture

nfrattura esposta
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References in classic literature ?
There's a compound fracture above the knee, and a dislocation below.
Boythorn, "the treatment of surgeons aboard ship is such that I would submit the legs--both legs--of every member of the Admiralty Board to a compound fracture and render it a transportable offence in any qualified practitioner to set them if the system were not wholly changed in eight and forty hours!"
But a freak incident during a match saw Collin, who now lives in Miskin, Pontyclun, suffer compound fractures to his leg, which became a life-changing injury due to an infection from dog mess on the pitch.
Incomplete compound fracture at middle of horn (n=5, 8.07%): These cattle were stabilized using circlage wiring followed by impregnation with polymethylmethacrylate at fracture site (Fig.
* Compound fracture femur constituted 13.6% of total compound fractures and only 10.4% of femur fractures were compound.
Because the victim was believed to have suffered a compound fracture of the lower leg, she had to be evacuated.
He was flown home and treated for fractures to his pelvis and lower back, as well as a compound fracture to his elbow.
She suffered a fractured pelvis, ruptured spleen, compound fracture to her leg and arm and a collapsed lung.
Oram was limping badly on his right leg after diving awkwardly in the outfield, and Hira went to hospital for x-rays after suffering a nasty compound fracture of a finger on his left hand while trying to catch a Chris Gayle thunderbolt off his own bowling.
It is interesting that Pott sustained a compound fracture of the tibia after being thrown from his horse two years before publication of his book.
"He had a compound fracture on his left arm and a normal fracture on his right arm which they discovered later I believe.