Phrase Hound found 31 phrases and 17 compound words that contain fracture. The most common are listed below. Open fracture in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 31
- greenstick fractureAn incomplete fracture of a long bone in which one side of a bone is broken while the other is bent.
- open fractureA fracture of a bone where one or more bone fragments penetrate the skin, forming an open wound.
- stress fractureA small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress.
- simple fractureA fracture where the bone only is divided.
- brittle fracturetype of fracture without plastic deformation
- ductile fracturetype of fracture with plastic deformation and ductile rupture
- Bennett fractureAlternative form of Bennett's fracture: A partial fracture of the finger involving the base of the thumb, and extending into the carpometacarpal joint.
- compound fractureA broken bone communicating with a co-existing skin wound.
- compression fractureAny fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression
- hip fractureA break to the upper quarter of the femur (the femoral head or the femoral neck), impairing the hip joint.
- oblique fractureA type of bone fracture that breaks diagonally across the width of the bone and along the longitudinal axis of the bone.
- mono-fractureA joint or fracture that represents a single line or plane of slippage.
- Don Juan fractureA calcaneal fracture.
- Rolando fractureAn intra-articular fracture of the finger involving the base of the thumb, typically T- or Y-shaped.
- Salter-Harris fractureA fracture that involves the epiphyseal plate or growth plate of a bone.
- Holstein-Lewis fractureA fracture of the distal third of the humerus resulting in entrapment of the radial nerve.
- pilon fractureA fracture of the distal part of the tibia, involving its articular surface at the ankle joint.
- Maisonneuve fractureA proximal fibular fracture associated with a distal tibial (ankle) fracture.
- Colles' fractureA distal fracture of the radius causing a dorsal displacement of the distal fragment, typically occurring as a result of a fall on an outstretched hand.
- Galeazzi fractureA fracture of the distal third of the radius with dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint.
- Bennett's fractureA partial fracture of the finger involving the base of the thumb, and extending into the carpometacarpal joint.
- boxer's fractureThe break of the fourth or fifth metacarpal of the hand near the knuckle, typically occurring after one hits an object with a closed fist.
- chalkstick fractureA kind of (typically long bone) fracture that is transverse to the long axis of the bone, like a snapped stick of chalk.
- hangman's fractureA fracture of both pedicles of the epistropheus.
- Lisfranc fractureA fracture of the foot in which one or all of the metatarsals are displaced from the tarsus.
Compound words 17
- fractileThe value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
- fracturalOf or pertaining to a fracture.
- nonfractureNot of or pertaining to fracture.
- antifractureInhibiting fractures.
- cryofracturefracture caused by the stresses of water freezing to become ice
- fracturableCapable of being fractured
- fractureproofresistant to fracture
- hydrofractureRock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water
- macrofractureA relatively large-scale fracture
- multifractureOf or pertaining to more than one fracture.