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

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

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

In some cases small, bony fragments from a comminuted fracture, becoming loose and acting as foreign bodies, give rise to troublesome fistulous tracts.

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

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.

Not in great towns and centers of ecclesiastical influence, but in villages and country districts, the deadly effects of comminuted fracture in the church are most deeply felt.

From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey