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Refracture

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Re`frac´ture    (r?`fr?k´t?r;135)
n.1.(Surg.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
v. t.1.(Surg.) To break again, as a bone.
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Verb1.refracture - break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist"
fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
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