fracture

fracture

left to right: transverse, oblique, and greenstick fractures

frac·ture

 (frăk′chər)

n.

1.

a. The act or process of breaking.

b. The condition of having been broken or ruptured: "a sudden and irreparable fracture of the established order" (W. Bruce Lincoln).

2. A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.

3. Mineralogy

a. The characteristic manner in which a mineral breaks.

b. The characteristic appearance of the surface of a broken mineral.

4. Geology A crack or fault in a rock.

v. frac·tured, frac·tur·ing, frac·tures

v.tr.

1.

a. To cause to break: The impact of the fall fractured the bone. See Synonyms at break.

b. To undergo a break in (a bone): He fractured his ankle in the fall.

2. To disrupt or destroy as if by breaking: fractured the delicate balance of power.

3. To abuse or misuse flagrantly, as by violating rules: ignorant writers who fracture the language.

4. Slang To cause to laugh heartily: "Jack Benny fractured audiences ... for more than 50 years" (Newsweek).

v.intr.

To undergo a fracture.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frāctūra, from frāctus, past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

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fracture

(ˈfræktʃə)

n

1. the act of breaking or the state of being broken

2. (Pathology)

a. the breaking or cracking of a bone or the tearing of a cartilage

b. the resulting condition. See also Colles' fracture, comminuted fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, impacted²

3. a division, split, or breach

4. (Geological Science) mineralogy

a. the characteristic appearance of the surface of a freshly broken mineral or rock

b. the way in which a mineral or rock naturally breaks

vb

5. to break or cause to break; split

6. (Pathology) to break or crack (a bone) or (of a bone) to become broken or cracked

7. (Pathology) to tear (a cartilage) or (of a cartilage) to become torn

[C15: from Old French, from Latin fractūra, from frangere to break]

ˈfracturable adj

ˈfractural adj

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frac•ture

(ˈfræk tʃər)

n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n.

1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare compound fracture.

2. the act of breaking or the state of being broken.

3. a break; split.

4. the characteristic manner of breaking.

5. the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral.

v.t.

6. to cause or to suffer a fracture in.

7. to break; crack.

8. Slang. to amuse highly.

v.i.

9. to become fractured; break.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin frāctūra a breach, cleft, fracture]

frac′tur•a•ble, adj.

frac′tur•al, adj.

frac′tur•er, n.

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frac·ture

(frăk′chər)

A break or crack in a bone, usually also involving injury to surrounding structures. A fracture occurs when a force greater than the strength of the bone is applied, as in a fall.

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fracture

Past participle: fractured
Gerund: fracturing

Imperative

fracture

fracture

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fracture

A break in a bone. There are three types: closed, open, and complicated (closed or open).

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fracture - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" break harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. comminuted fracture - fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed complete fracture - break involving the entire width of the bone compound fracture, open fracture - bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound compression fracture - fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae) depressed fracture - fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in displaced fracture - fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another fatigue fracture, stress fracture - fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury capillary fracture, hairline fracture - a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin incomplete fracture - fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone impacted fracture - fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end closed fracture, simple fracture - an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin
	2.	fracture - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" faulting, geological fault, break, fault, shift geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks fault line - (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure - a long narrow opening inclined fault - a geological fault in which one side is above the other strike-slip fault - a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
	3.	fracture - the act of cracking something cracking, crack breaking, breakage, break - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
Verb	1.	fracture - violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language" abuse, misuse, pervert - change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
	2.	fracture - interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power" destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
	3.	fracture - break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"
	4.	fracture - become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" break off, discontinue, stop, break - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
	5.	fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" fracture, break - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" refracture - break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist" fracture - become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
	6.	fracture - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" break injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"

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fracture

noun

1. break, split, crack a double fracture of the right arm

2. cleft, opening, split, crack, gap, rent, breach, rift, rupture, crevice, fissure, schism large fractures in the crust creating the valleys

verb

1. break, split, crack, rupture You've fractured a rib.

2. split, separate, divide, rend, fragment, splinter, rupture a society that could fracture along class lines

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fracture

verb

1. To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain:

break, rift, rive, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter, sunder.

2. To undergo partial breaking:

crack, fissure, rupture, split.

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Translations

كَسْركَسْر، شَجَّـهيَكْسِر، يَشُجُّ

zlomeninazlomit

brudbrække

brechenBrechungBruchFrakturKnochenbruch

κάταγμασπάσιμο

fracturafracturar

murtuma

fracturebriser

prijelom

csonttöréseltörik

brjótabrot

fratturafratturarefratturarsifrattura compostafrattura delle ossa

骨折

골절

laužtilūžislūžtisulūžti

lūztlūzums

breuk

beinbruddbrudd

złamanie

fratura

перелом

zlomenina

zlomzlomiti

fraktur

การแตกโดยเฉพาะกระดูก

kırıkçatlakkır mak

vết rạn

折断断裂破裂

fracture

[ˈfræktʃəʳ]

A. N (Med) (gen) → fractura f

B. VT → fracturar
to fracture one's arm → fracturarse el brazo

C. VI → fracturarse

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fracture

[ˈfræktʃə^r]

n [bone] → fracture f

vt → fracturer

vi → se fracturer

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fracture

n → Bruch m; (Med also) → Fraktur f (spec)

vt → brechen; he fractured his shoulder → er hat sich (dat) → die Schulter gebrochen; fractured skull → Schädelbruch m

vi (cheekbone etc) → brechen

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fracture

[ˈfræktʃəʳ]

1. n → frattura

2. vt → fratturare
to fracture one's arm → fratturarsi un braccio

3. vi → fratturarsi

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fracture

(ˈfrӕktʃə) noun

a break of anything hard, especially a bone. a fracture of the left thigh-bone. breuk كَسْر، شَجَّـه счупване fratura zlomenina der Bruch brud κάταγμα, θλάσηfractura (luu)murd شکستگی murtuma fractureשבר टूटना, भंजन lom, prijelom (kosti) (csont)törés patahan (bein)brot frattura 骨折 골절 lūžis lūzums patahan breukbruddzłamanie درز، كسر، ماتوالى، چاود fractura frac­tură перелом; трещина zlomenina zlom fraktura fraktur, [ben]brott การแตก; การร้าว (โดยเฉพาะกระดูก) kırık, çatlak 折斷 перелом کسی سخت چیز کا ٹوٹنا sự gãy, vỡ (nhất là xương) 折断

verb

to break. The metal pipes (were) fractured. gebreek يَكْسِر، يَشُجُّ чупя quebrar zlomit brechen brække σπάζωfracturar murdma, murduma شکستن murtua briser, fracturer לִשבּוֹר टूट जाना slomiti (se), puknuti (el)törik patah brjóta fratturare, rompere 折る 부러지다 (su)lūžti, (nu)laužti lūzt mematahkan brekenbrekkezłamać ماتول quebrar a se sparge, a se rupe ломать zlomiť zlomiti polomiti bryta[s] แตก kırmak 斷裂 ламати(ся) توڑنا gãy hay rạn nứt 断裂

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fracture

→ كَسْر zlomenina brud Knochenbruch κάταγμα fractura murtuma fracture prijelom frattura 骨折 골절 breuk brudd złamanie fratura перелом fraktur การแตกโดยเฉพาะกระดูก kırık vết rạn 破裂

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frac·ture

n. fractura, rotura; pop. quebradura;

incomplete ___ → ___ incompleta.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

fracture

n fractura; boxer’s — fractura del boxeador; closed — fractura cerrada; comminuted — fractura conminuta; compound — fractura abierta or expuesta; green-stick — fractura en tallo verde; hairline — fisura, grieta, fractura muy fina; open — fractura abierta; pathologic — fractura patológica; skull — fractura craneal or de cráneo; spiral — fractura espiroidea; stress — fractura por estrés; vertebral compression — aplastamiento vertebral, fractura por compresión de una vertebra; vt, vi fracturar(se), quebrar(se); He fractured his femur..Se fracturó (quebró) el fémur…The bullet fractured his femur..La bala le fracturó (quebró) el fémur.

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