stress fracture

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noun Pathology.

a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture ).

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Words nearby stress fracture

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How to use stress fracture in a sentence

Then, her senior year, Whetzel developed another stress fracture, but she still raced every meet that cross-country season.
Running’s Cultural Reckoning Is Long Overdue|Christine Yu|May 27, 2021|Outside Online
He arrived on campus needing surgery to repair stress fractures in both legs, and after he recovered, he couldn’t crack the rotation.
Maryland freshman point guard Aquan Smart will transfer|Emily Giambalvo|April 8, 2021|Washington Post
Marial needed surgery to repair stress fractures in both legs in September 2019, and he appeared in only 13 games as a freshman.
Maryland center Chol Marial announces decision to transfer|Emily Giambalvo|April 1, 2021|Washington Post
The Wolverines are crossing their fingers that senior star Isaiah Livers can somehow play again after being diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right foot.
Who Will Burst Your March Madness Bracket?|Sean Culligan|March 18, 2021|Ozy

It was originally associated with bone health, and remains a first-line recommendation for athletes with a history of stress fractures.
Reevaluating Vitamin D as a Sports Supplement|Alex Hutchinson|January 20, 2021|Outside Online
Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yes, cops are under stress and tension (though their jobs are far less dangerous than normally supposed).
We Need Our Police to Be Better Than This|Nick Gillespie|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nor do these studies address the structural and systematic issues that contribute to obesity, such as poverty and stress.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It also means not having to stress about cleaning out your DVR.
Four TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Return In 2015|DISH|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Moreover, trucks, dust, and boomtown stress are the effects of any large-scale industrial activity.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Feeling himself irresistibly driven by the sudden stress to some kind of action, he sprang to his feet—and screamed!
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
This description is only imperfect in this point that sufficient stress is not laid on the words fall off.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
Although many British actors and musicians were participants in this theater, it often suffered from financial stress.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
They looked over the parapet because that method was more sure and quick, and the stress of the battle was great.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
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

Scientific definitions for stress fracture

stress fracture

See under fracture.