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hairline fracture

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hairline fracture
n.
A minor fracture in which the bone fragments remain in alignment, appearing on x-ray film as a fine line.

hairline fracture
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a very fine crack in a bone
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Noun1.hairline fracture - a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thinhairline fracture - a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin
fracture, break - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
Translations
hairline fracture n (Med) → frattura capillare


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HE WENT WHOOSH, winner of the William Hill Cesarewitch this summer, sustained a hairline fracture of his hock during a sprint trial at Hove on Monday and faces a long-lay-off, writes Richard Birch.
Byline: Five-year-old horse ruled out of Tuesday's big race with hairline fracture of the cannon bone Dubai: AaGodolphin's Melbourne Cup jix continued after much-fancied All The Good was ruled out of Tuesday's race with a hairline fracture of the cannon bone.
However, X-rays have revealed that the five-year-old entire has a hairline fracture of the cannon bone.
 
 
 
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