Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 6 compound words that contain fractures. The most common are listed below. Open fractures in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- hip fracturesplural of hip fracture: A break to the upper quarter of the femur (the femoral head or the femoral neck), impairing the hip joint.
- open fracturesplural of open fracture: A fracture of a bone where one or more bone fragments penetrate the skin, forming an open wound.
- stress fracturesplural of stress fracture: A small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress.
- Salter-Harris fracturesplural of Salter-Harris fracture: A fracture that involves the epiphyseal plate or growth plate of a bone.
- greenstick fracturesplural of greenstick fracture: An incomplete fracture of a long bone in which one side of a bone is broken while the other is bent.
- complicated fracturesplural of complicated fracture: A fracture where there is some other injury (e.g., a flesh wound not communicating with the fracture, a dislocation, or a rupture of a large blood vessel).
- compound fracturesplural of compound fracture: A broken bone communicating with a co-existing skin wound.
- compression fracturesplural of compression fracture: Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression
- mono-fracturesplural of mono-fracture: A joint or fracture that represents a single line or plane of slippage.
- oblique fracturesplural of oblique fracture: A type of bone fracture that breaks diagonally across the width of the bone and along the longitudinal axis of the bone.
- simple fracturesplural of simple fracture: A fracture where the bone only is divided.
- brittle fracturesplural of brittle fracture: type of fracture without plastic deformation
- Don Juan fracturesplural of Don Juan fracture: A calcaneal fracture.
- ductile fracturesplural of ductile fracture: type of fracture with plastic deformation and ductile rupture
- Holstein-Lewis fracturesplural of Holstein-Lewis fracture: A fracture of the distal third of the humerus resulting in entrapment of the radial nerve.
- Maisonneuve fracturesplural of Maisonneuve fracture: A proximal fibular fracture associated with a distal tibial (ankle) fracture.
- nightstick fracturesplural of nightstick fracture: An isolated fracture of the ulna due to direct trauma to the forearm. The name refers to a situation in which a person raises an arm and exposes the medial aspect of the forearm in anticipation of an overhead …
- Galeazzi fracturesplural of Galeazzi fracture: A fracture of the distal third of the radius with dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint.
- boxer's fracturesplural of boxer's fracture: The break of the fourth or fifth metacarpal of the hand near the knuckle, typically occurring after one hits an object with a closed fist.
- Lisfranc fracturesplural of Lisfranc fracture: A fracture of the foot in which one or all of the metatarsals are displaced from the tarsus.
Compound words 6
- cryofracturesplural of cryofracture: fracture caused by the stresses of water freezing to become ice
- hydrofracturesplural of hydrofracture: Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water
- macrofracturesplural of macrofracture: A relatively large-scale fracture
- microfracturesplural of microfracture: A very small, or fine, fracture, especially one of a series in bone.
- nanofracturesplural of nanofracture: A nanoscale fracture
- pseudofracturesplural of pseudofracture: A localized flaw in bone tissue presenting a radiologic appearance similar to that of a fracture; it is a radiologic sign that contributes to the diagnosis of osteomalacia.