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complete fracture

American  

noun

  1. a bone fracture in which the bone is split completely across.


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The two-time DP World Tour winner spent seven days in hospital in South Africa, having surgery on a complete fracture of his shoulder, and has now returned to his home in Texas.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Unlike the Balkans, Judah makes clear in his new book, Ukraine is not threatened by genocide or, at the moment, complete fracture.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2016

In the most numerous instances it includes the total thickness of the bone and is a complete fracture.

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

The next morning an X-ray clearly showed a complete fracture of the tibia.

From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by Edwards, William Hanford