plural of simple fracture

(medicine) A fracture where the bone only is divided.

plural of complicated fracture

A fracture where there is some other injury (e.g. a flesh wound not communicating with the fracture, a dislocation, or a rupture of a large blood vessel).

(mechanics, material science) type of fracture with plastic deformation and ductile rupture

(mechanics, material science) type of fracture with plastic deformation

(medicine) Synonym of Pott's fracture

(medicine, archaic) Any of a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures, caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force.

(medicine) A fracture of a bone where one or more bone fragments penetrate the skin, forming an open wound.

(medicine) A fracture of the distal third of the humerus resulting in entrapment of the radial nerve.