comminuted fracture

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noun

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

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Origin of comminuted fracture

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby comminuted fracture

commination, Commines, commingle, comminute, comminuted, comminuted fracture, comminutor, commis, commiserate, commiseration, commish

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How to use comminuted fracture in a sentence

"My wife and I have been married for nineteen years," says Palmer, mulling the stress-fracture in his family life.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Facebook has—to fracture an old phrase—just closed the barn door after a billion cows already departed the premises.
You Can’t Have Facebook’s Best Privacy Policy|Dennis Kneale|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the truth is, I got way more opportunities out of Half Nelson than I did out of Fracture.
Rob Lowe: Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful|Tricia Romano|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ms. Kuang suffered multiple injuries, including a skull fracture, and two and a half months later she still has trouble walking.
Uber and Its Enemies|Jim Epstein|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And contemporaneous observers predicted that South Africa would fracture, that a civil war would roil for the next decade.
Nelson Mandela Was Undeniably Great But He Doesn’t Need a Halo|Michael Moynihan|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Very compact and fine-grained reddish granular quartz, with a glistening lustre, and flat conchoidal fracture.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
When the sound is over, he may not be able to see a trace of the fracture, which at first is very narrow.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
The parts barely touched each other, though in cases of human fracture the bones sometimes get drawn past.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
It was no comminuted fracture I had to deal with, but a very simple case of simple fracture.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
One of the projections of the Little Douvre had made a fracture in the starboard side of the hull.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for comminuted fracture

comminuted fracture

noun

a fracture in which the bone is splintered or fragmented

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Medical definitions for comminuted fracture

comminuted fracture

A fracture in which the bone is splintered, crushed, or broken into pieces.

Scientific definitions for comminuted fracture

comminuted fracture

[ kŏm′ə-nōō′tĭd ]

See under fracture.