[n] (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"
[n] breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
[v] fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
[v] break, as of a bone; "She broke her clavicle"
[v] become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
[v] violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
[v] break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
[v] interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
FRACTURE is a 8 letter word that starts with F.
1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone.
compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.
is broken into several parts.
open wound from the surface down to the fracture.
according to the objects to which they are applied.
to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.
Definition: A fracture is a break in the bone or cartilage. Fractures are also named by the trauma event that caused the bone breakage.
Definition: A fracture is the breakage of a bone.