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IMPACTED FRACTURE

\ˈɪmpaktɪd fɹˈakt͡ʃə], \ˈɪmpaktɪd fɹˈakt‍ʃə], \ˈɪ_m_p_a_k_t_ɪ_d f_ɹ_ˈa_k_tʃ_ə]\

Definitions of IMPACTED 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 in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

One in which one of the fragments is driven into the cancellar tissue of the other fragment.

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

Fracture in which one fragment is firmly driven into the other.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

When two main fragments of a fracture are held firmly together in their new relation.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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