'Fracture' definitions:
Definition of 'fracture'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
noun
(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]
noun
verb
Violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
verb
Interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
verb
Break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
verb
Become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
verb
Break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
verb
Fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" [syn: fracture, break]
Definition of 'Fracture'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
Definition of 'Fracture'
From: GCIDE
- 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
Synonyms of 'fracture'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- abrasion,
- abysm,
- abyss,
- amuse,
- arroyo,
- bark,
- beguile,
- blemish,
- bloody,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- break open,
- break up,
- breakage,
- breaking,
- burn,
- burst,
- bust,
- canyon,
- cavity,
- chafe,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- chip,
- claw,
- cleavage,
- cleave,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- col,
- come apart,
- come unstuck,
- concussion,
- convulse,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- crack,
- crackle,
- cranny,
- craze,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- cut,
- cut apart,
- cwm,
- defile,
- delight,
- dell,
- dike,
- disintegrate,
- ditch,
- divert,
- division,
- donga,
- draw,
- enliven,
- entertain,
- excavation,
- exfoliate,
- exhilarate,
- fall to pieces,
- fault,
- fissure,
- flash burn,
- flaw,
- flume,
- fracture one,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- furrow,
- gall,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- give away,
- give way,
- gorge,
- groove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- hole,
- hurt,
- incise,
- incision,
- injure,
- injury,
- joint,
- kill,
- kloof,
- knock dead,
- lacerate,
- laceration,
- leak,
- lesion,
- loosen up,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- maul,
- moat,
- mortal wound,
- mutilate,
- mutilation,
- notch,
- nullah,
- open,
- opening,
- pass,
- passage,
- pierce,
- puncture,
- raise a laugh,
- raise a smile,
- ravine,
- recreate,
- refresh,
- regale,
- relax,
- rend,
- rent,
- rift,
- rime,
- rip,
- rive,
- run,
- rupture,
- savage,
- scald,
- scale,
- schism,
- scissure,
- scorch,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scuff,
- seam,
- second-degree burn,
- separate,
- separation,
- skin,
- slash,
- slay,
- slice,
- slit,
- slot,
- snap,
- solace,
- sore,
- splinter,
- split,
- sprain,
- spring a leak,
- stab,
- stab wound,
- start,
- stick,
- strain,
- tear,
- third-degree burn,
- tickle,
- titillate,
- trauma,
- traumatize,
- trench,
- valley,
- void,
- wadi,
- wound,
- wounds immedicable,
- wow,
- wrench
Words containing 'Fracture'
- Fractural,
- Fractured,
- Fracturing,
- Comminuted fracture,
- Complicated fracture,
- Compound fracture,
- Impacted fracture,
- Pott's fracture,
- Simple fracture,
- Sprain fracture,
- capillary fracture,
- closed fracture,
- complete fracture,
- compression fracture,
- depressed fracture,
- displaced fracture,
- fatigue fracture,
- greenstick fracture,
- hairline fracture,
- incomplete fracture,
- open fracture,
- stress fracture