- complicated fracture
- fracture with injury of the adjacent parts.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Complicated fracture — Fracture Frac ture (?; 135), n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See {Fraction}.] 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. [1913 Webster] 3. (Min … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
complicated fracture — noun A fracture where there is some other injury (eg a flesh wound not communicating with the fracture, a dislocation or a rupture of a large blood vessel) • • • Main Entry: ↑complicate … Useful english dictionary
Fracture — Frac ture (?; 135), n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See {Fraction}.] 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. [1913 Webster] 3. (Min.) The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Comminuted fracture — Fracture Frac ture (?; 135), n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See {Fraction}.] 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. [1913 Webster] 3. (Min … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Compound fracture — Fracture Frac ture (?; 135), n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See {Fraction}.] 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. [1913 Webster] 3. (Min … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Simple fracture — Fracture Frac ture (?; 135), n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See {Fraction}.] 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. [1913 Webster] 3. (Min … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fracture dislocation — dislocation complicated by fracture of, or adjacent to, a joint … Medical dictionary
complicated — Made complex; denoting a disease upon which a morbid process or event has been superimposed, altering symptoms and modifying its course for the worse. [L. com plico, pp. atus, to fold together] * * * com·pli·cat·ed adj of a bone fracture… … Medical dictionary
Bennett fracture — a fracture of the base of the first metacarpal bone running into the carpometacarpal joint and complicated by subluxation … Medical dictionary
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