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breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"

become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"

break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"

break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"

breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"

break, as of a bone; "She broke her clavicle"

become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"

break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"

To break.

The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.

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.

To break.

The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.

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.

To break.

The act of breaking; a break.

Breaks in bones or cartilage. (Stedman, 25th ed)

A part broken; a break caused by violence; separation; the direction in which a mineral breaks so as to show its texture.

To break or crack, as a bone, etc.

Breaking of a bone.

To break: to burst asunder: to crack: to separate the continuous parts of: as, to fracture a bone, to fracture the skull.

Act of breaking; breach.

A solution of continuity in a bone, Osteoclasis. A simple fracture is when the bone only is divided. A compound frature is a division of the bone with a wound of the integuments communicating with the bone,- the bone, indeed, generally protruding. In addition to the injury done to the bone, a lesion of some considerable vessel, nervous trunk, &c. Fractures are also termed transverse, oblique, &c, according to their direction. The treatment of fractures consists, in general, in reducing the fragments when displaced; maintaining them when reduced; preventing the symptoms which may be likely to arise; and combating them when they occur. The reduction of fractures must be effected by extension, counter-extension, and coaptation. The parts are kept in apposition by position, rest, and an appropriate apparatus. The position must vary according to the kind of fracture. Commonly, the fractured limb is placed on a horizontal or slightly inclined plane, in a state of extension; or rather in a middle state between extension and flexion, according to the case.

The breaking of a bone.

A solution of continuity of one or more bones. A fracture is termed transverse, longitudinal, or oblique, according to the direction of the break to the long axis of the bone.

n. [Latin] Act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach;—the breaking of a bone;—the appearance of a freshly-broken mineral; or the mode in which it breaks, by which its texture is displayed.

Breach, separation of continuous parts; the breaking of a bone.