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

Morton mentions a patient of forty-seven, who was injured in a railroad accident near Phoenixville, Pa.; there was a compound comminuted fracture of the skull involving the left temporal, spheroid, and superior maxillary bones.

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

Bird reports a compound comminuted fracture of the left temporal region, with loss of bone, together with six drams of brain-substance, which, however, was followed by recovery.

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

Compound comminuted fracture of right arm, lower third, and fore-arm.

From An Englishman's View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge An Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel, on Sunday June 19th, 1864 by Edge, Frederick Milnes

Tufnell mentions recovery after compound comminuted fracture of the leg, with simple fracture of both collar-bones, and dislocation of the thumb.

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