compression fracture

Noun

(medicine) Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression

Japanese Meaning

圧迫性骨折：圧力がかかることで骨（特に体重を支える椎骨など）が潰れるように折れる骨折

After the fall, the patient was diagnosed with a compression fracture in her lower spine.

転倒後、患者は腰椎の圧迫骨折と診断されました。

Sense（1）

(medicine) Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression

compression fractures

（ plural ）