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comminuted fracture

noun

  1. a fracture of a bone in which the separated parts are splintered or fragmented.


comminuted fracture

noun

  1. a fracture in which the bone is splintered or fragmented
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


comminuted fracture

/ kŏm′ə-no̅o̅tĭd /

  1. See under fracture


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Word History and Origins

Origin of comminuted fracture1

First recorded in 1825–35
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Example Sentences

It was no comminuted fracture I had to deal with, but a very simple case of simple fracture.

It shows a comminuted fracture extending some distance along the rib.

This is a photograph taken from the same X-ray again showing the comminuted fracture of the eighth left rib.

This is a comminuted fracture of the distal end of the radius of a human arm.

This is a comminuted fracture of the distal end of the radius.

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