comminuted fracture
a fracture of a bone in which the separated parts are splintered or fragmented.
Origin of comminuted fracture
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How to use comminuted fracture in a sentence
It was no comminuted fracture I had to deal with, but a very simple case of simple fracture.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurIt shows a comminuted fracture extending some distance along the rib.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThis is a photograph taken from the same X-ray again showing the comminuted fracture of the eighth left rib.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThis is a comminuted fracture of the distal end of the radius of a human arm.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThis is a comminuted fracture of the distal end of the radius.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for comminuted fracture
a fracture in which the bone is splintered or fragmented
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Scientific definitions for comminuted fracture
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