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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
fracture
n 1: breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty
fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
[syn: fracture, break]
2: (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" [syn: fault, faulting,
geological fault, shift, fracture, break]
3: the act of cracking something [syn: fracture, crack,
cracking]
v 1: violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the
language"
2: interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
3: break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
4: become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the
iron pipe"
5: break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
6: fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
[syn: fracture, break]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Fracture \Frac"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fractured
(#; 135); p. pr. & vb. n.. Fracturing.] [Cf. F. fracturer.]
To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst
asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as,
to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.
[1913 Webster] frenulum
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Fracture \Frac"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere,
fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See Fraction.]
1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone.
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3. (Min.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a
compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.
[1913 Webster]
Comminuted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone
is broken into several parts.
Complicated fracture (Surg.), a fracture of the bone
combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or
joint.
Compound fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which there is an
open wound from the surface down to the fracture.
Simple fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone only
is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by
an open wound.
Syn: Fracture, Rupture.
Usage: These words denote different kinds of breaking,
according to the objects to which they are applied.
Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the
fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft
substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is
also used figuratively. "To be an enemy and once to
have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture?"
--South.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for fracture:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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