fracture
11fracture — index hiatus, rend, rift (gap), split (noun), split (verb) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12fracture — [n] break, rupture breach, cleavage, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, displacement, fissure, fragmentation, gap, mutilation, opening, rent, rift, schism, severance, splinter, split, wound; concepts 309,513 …
13fracture — ► NOUN 1) the cracking or breaking of a hard object or material. 2) a crack or break, especially in a bone or layer of rock. ► VERB 1) break or cause to break. 2) (of a group or organization) break up or fragment. ORIGIN Latin fractura, from… …
14Fracture — For other uses, see Fracture (disambiguation). v · d · e Materials failure modes …
15Fracture — Pour les articles homonymes, voir fracture (homonymie). Exemple de fracture des os de l avant bras, et réparation (Plaques et vis) En traumatologie, le terme de fracture désigne par défini …
16fracture — fracturable, adj. fractural, adj. fracturer, n. /frak cheuhr/, n., v., fractured, fracturing. n. 1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Cf. comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture,… …
17fracture — 1. To break. 2. A break, especially the breaking of a bone or cartilage. [L. fractura, a break] apophysial f. separation of apophysis from bone. articular f. a f. involving the joint …
18fracture — n. breakage of a bone, either complete or incomplete. A simple fracture involves a clean break with little damage to surrounding tissues and no break in the overlying skin. If the overlying skin is perforated and there is a wound extending to the …
19fracture — /ˈfræktʃə / (say frakchuh) noun 1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, etc., or the resulting condition (in a bone, called a simple fracture when the broken bone does not pierce the skin and a compound fracture when either the broken bone pierces… …
20fracture — (fra ktu r ) s. f. 1° Action de fracturer. Fracture d une serrure, d une porte. 2° État de ce qui est fracturé. • La fracture des jaspes paraît être terreuse et semblable à celle d une argile desséchée, tandis que la fracture des cailloux… …
