MEANING
A break or crack in a bone or another hard structure.
Use it for
Violence registered in bone; a body losing structural integrity; forensic evidenceDescribe structural failure rather than defaulting to blood.
Words that belong together
- compound fracture
- skull fracture
- multiple fractures
On the page
The fracture ran from the eye socket toward the temple.
He felt the leg shift at the fracture when he tried to stand.
The remains showed fractures of different ages.
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Word forms
- Base
- fracture
Usage notes
Primary category: horror. In an injury context, specify the bone if necessary; not synonymous with dislocation. Also a verb, with fractures, fractured, fracturing. Noun plural: fractures. Secondary same-lexeme verb [base, third-person, past, past participle, -ing]: fracture, fractures, fractured, fractured, fracturing.
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