comminuted fracture

American  

noun

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

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comminuted fracture British  

noun

1. a fracture in which the bone is splintered or fragmented

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comminuted fracture Scientific  

/ kŏm′ə-no̅o̅′tĭd /

1. See under fracture

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Etymology

Origin of comminuted fracture

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The tibia and fibula are the two bones in your lower leg, and a comminuted fracture refers to a bone being broken into multiple fragments, as opposed to a clean break.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2021

Nankivell speaks of a remarkable recovery in an individual who suffered compound comminuted fracture of both legs, and fracture of the skull.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

On the contrary, a compound, complicated, or comminuted, fracture, in whatever region it may be situated, may be counted incurable.

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

Sometimes bones are crushed into a number of fragments; this is a comminuted fracture.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

In this a comminuted fracture occurred just above the centre of the shaft of the humerus.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry