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noun
1.
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
2.
the act of breaking; state of being broken.
3.
a break, breach, or split.
4.
the characteristic manner of breaking: a material of unpredictable fracture.
5.
the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral.
verb (used with object)
6.
to cause or to suffer a fracture in (a bone, etc.).
7.
to break or crack.
8.
Slang. to amuse highly or cause to laugh heartily; delight: The new comic really fractured the audience.
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verb (used without object)
9.
to become fractured; break: a mineral that does not fracture easily.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin frāctūra a breach, cleft, fracture, equivalent to frāct(us) (past participle of frangere to break) + -ūra -ure
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin frāctūra a breach, cleft, fracture, equivalent to frāct(us) (past participle of frangere to break) + -ūra -ure
Related forms
frac·tur·a·ble, adjective
frac·tur·al, adjective
frac·tur·er, noun
post·frac·ture, adjective, noun
re·frac·tur·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
7. smash, shatter, splinter, rupture, split.
7. smash, shatter, splinter, rupture, split.
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Word Origin & History
fracture
1520s, "a breaking of a bone," from M.Fr. fracture, from L. fractura "a breach, break, cleft" (c.1500), from root of frangere "to break" (see fraction). The verb is first recorded 1610s. Related: Fractured; fracturing.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
fracture frac·ture (frāk'chər)
n.
The act or process of breaking.
A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.
To cause to break.
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Science Dictionary
fracture  (frāk'chər) Pronunciation Key
A break or rupture in bone tissue. ◇ A comminuted fracture results in more than two fragments. ◇ Although most fractures are caused by a direct blow or sudden, twisting force, stress fractures result from repetitive physical activity. ◇ In an incomplete fracture, the fracture line does not completely traverse the bone. |
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Slang Dictionary
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