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complete fracture

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Noun1.complete fracture - break involving the entire width of the bone
fracture, break - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
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7 Pseudofractures may progress to complete fractures even after conservative treatments (with casts, braces or protected weight bearing).
Intramedullary nailing for adult hypophosphatasia: a case report by H W Leung and C W Wong and W Y Shen / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
There is a slow, steady crack growth for ~40 min (subcritical crack propagation) followed by rapid crack grwoth as the time required for complete fracture is approached.
Mixed--mode subcritical crack growth in orthotropic polymers by Wu, Chunhui; Mantell, Susan C.; Davidson, Jane H. / Polymer Engineering and Science
There are complete fractures, where the bone fragments completely separate during the injury or an incomplete fracture, where the bone does not come completely detached.
Bone Fracture by Brenda Williams / Food/cooking/nutrition community
 
 
 
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