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frac·ture (fr

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. To cause to break: fracture a bone.

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. See Synonyms at break.

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

fracture

Noun

breaking, esp. the breaking or cracking of a bone

Verb

[-turing, -tured]

to break [Latin frangere to break]

fractural adj

fracture (fr

A break or rupture in bone tissue.

A comminuted fracture results in more than two fragments.

Although most fractures are caused by a direct blow or sudden, twisting force, stress fractures result from repetitive physical activity.

In an incomplete fracture, the fracture line does not completely traverse the bone.

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Noun	1.	$fracture$ 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.	$fracture$ 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, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"