'Impacted fracture' definitions:
Definition of 'impacted fracture'
From: WordNet
noun
Fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end
Definition of 'Impacted fracture'
From: GCIDE
- Impacted \Im*pact"ed\, a.
- 1. Driven together or close. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically: (Dentistry) Grown in an abnormal direction so that it is wedged against another tooth and cannot erupt normally; -- of teeth, especially the third molar; as, to extract an impacted third molar. [PJC]
- Impacted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the fragments are driven into each other so as to be immovable. [1913 Webster]