fracture
21fracture — frac|ture1 [ˈfræktʃə US ər] v [I and T] 1.) if a bone or other hard substance fractures, or if it is fractured, it breaks or cracks ▪ The immense pressure causes the rock to fracture. fracture your leg/arm/hip etc ▪ He fractured his right leg… …
22fracture — fractures are often described by the appearance of the surface of the break in a piece of steel. Crystalline is bright and glittering, failure having developed along the cleavage planes of individual crystals and can be typical of brittle… …
23fracture — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin fractura, from fractus Date: 15th century 1. the result of fracturing ; break 2. a. the act or process of breaking or the state of being broken; especially the breaking of hard tissue (as bone) b. the …
24fracture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. break, split, crack, cleft. See disjunction, brittleness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of breaking] Syn. rupture, breakage, disjunction, cleaving, cleavage, disseverment, riving, displacement,… …
25fracture — 01. He fell and [fractured] his skull while skateboarding. 02. The old woman suffered a hip [fracture] when she fell getting out of bed. 03. My sister [fractured] my father s rib when she ran into him while playing squash. 04. The coalition has… …
26fracture — I UK [ˈfræktʃə(r)] / US [ˈfræktʃər] noun [countable] Word forms fracture : singular fracture plural fractures a) a break or crack in a bone She was admitted to hospital with fractures of both legs. b) a break or crack in a very hard substance The …
27fracture — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ stress ▪ He suffered a stress fracture of the right foot. ▪ hairline ▪ compound, multiple, simple …
28fracture — [[t]fræ̱ktʃə(r)[/t]] fractures, fracturing, fractured 1) N COUNT A fracture is a slight crack or break in something, especially a bone. At least one third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture. 2) V ERG If something such as a… …
29fracture — frac•ture [[t]ˈfræk tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing 1) pat the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition Compare compound fracture 2) the act of breaking or the state of being broken 3) a break; split 4) the… …
30FRACTURE — s. f. Rupture avec effort. Fracture des portes. Il signifie particulièrement, en termes de Chirurgie, Solution de continuité, ou division faite subitement dans les os ou les cartilages durs, par la violence de quelque cause externe. Le… …
