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COMPLETE FRACTURE

\kəmplˈiːt fɹˈakt͡ʃə], \kəmplˈiːt fɹˈakt‍ʃə], \k_ə_m_p_l_ˈiː_t f_ɹ_ˈa_k_tʃ_ə]\

Definitions of COMPLETE FRACTURE

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2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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break involving the entire width of the bone

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

break involving the entire width of the bone

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

One in which the bone is entirely broken across.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A fracture in which the entire thickness of a long bone has been divided.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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