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complete fracture

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noun

  1. a bone fracture in which the bone is split completely across.

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Unlike the Balkans, Judah makes clear in his new book, Ukraine is not threatened by genocide or, at the moment, complete fracture.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2016

The next morning an X-ray clearly showed a complete fracture of the tibia.

From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by Edwards, William Hanford

In the most numerous instances it includes the total thickness of the bone and is a complete fracture.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

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