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DEPRESSED FRACTURE

\dɪpɹˈɛst fɹˈakt͡ʃə], \dɪpɹˈɛst fɹˈakt‍ʃə], \d_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_t f_ɹ_ˈa_k_tʃ_ə]\

Definitions of DEPRESSED FRACTURE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Fracture of the skull with sinking of a fragment below the level of the surrounding parts.
A f. of the skull with sinking inward of the fragments.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Fracture of skull in which a fracture is depressed below the surface.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

One in which a portion of the outer layer of a flat bone or the spongy portion of a long bone is driven inward by direct violence.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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