fracture
(fræktʃəʳ )
Word forms: fractures , fracturing , fractured
1. countable noun
A fracture is a slight crack or break in something, especially a bone.
At least one-third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture.
2. verb
If something such as a bone is fractured or fractures, it gets a slight crack or break in it.
You've fractured a rib, maybe more than one. [VERB noun]
One strut had fractured and been crudely repaired in several places. [VERB]
He suffered a fractured skull. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: break, split, crack, rupture
3. verb
If something such as an organization or society is fractured or fractures, it splits into several parts or stops existing. [formal]
His policy risks fracturing the coalition. [VERB noun]
It might be a society that could fracture along class lines. [VERB]
Synonyms: split, separate, divide, rend [literary]
fractured graded adjective
...in a world of fractured cultures and global interdependence.
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Collocations:
fracture a vertebra fracture healing fracture lines hip fracture jaw fracture multiple fractures reveal a fracture spinal fracture suffer a fracture sustain a fracture vertebral fracture
I fractured a vertebra in my back and was off work for six months.
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I fractured vertebrae in my neck and subsequently had to cancel my tour that was due to start today.
The Sun
She broke a hip and shoulder and fractured her vertebrae and could not move.
The Sun
But the jockey, who fractured a vertebra just below his neck, has not been wallowing in his misery.
Times, Sunday Times
I fractured vertebrae in my neck.
The Sun
Other trials using the same dosing have suggested a positive effect of teriparatide on human cancellous fracture healing.
2017, 'No effect of teriparatide on migration in total knee replacement: A randomized controlled trial involving 50 patients', Acta Orthopaedica
This review summarizes our current knowledge of cancellous fracture healing.
2016, 'Inter-trabecular bone formation: a specific mechanism for healing of cancellous bone: A narrative review', Acta Orthopaedica
Bayesian modeling was used to generate the temporal profiles of the transcriptome during fracture healing.
2009, 'Transcriptional analysis of fracture healing and the induction of embryonic stem cell-related genes.', PLoS ONE
The quarrymen realised that they could split the rock into moveable lumps by driving iron wedges into natural fracture lines with sledgehammers.
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It has a crystalline magic, sparkling within from shiny fracture lines and air bubbles that wink as you pass.
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Erosion along fracture lines separated it from a nearby cliff.
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The natural fracture lines (sutures) of the head run along the top edges of the compound eye.
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The fracture lines (or sutures) that in moulting separate the fixed from the free cheeks (fixigenae and librigenae) may converge or diverge in front of eyes.
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A hip fracture shortly after her 90th birthday curtailed her teaching, but even after that she welcomed local university students into her home.
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They found that for each 10-degree change in latitude there was a 0.8 per cent increase in risk of a hip fracture.
Times, Sunday Times
Limiting the study to people aged over 50, the researchers examined 13,556 hip fracture cases and 135,386 control patients.
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The proportion of hip fracture patients over 60 treated within the national standard fell substantially in 2016 after a small drop the year before.
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More than 11 per cent of all hip fracture operations performed in 2016 were delayed due to a wait for theatre space, up from the previous year.
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It's almost part of the diagnosis for a jaw fracture.
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Then he was left with a double jaw fracture.
The Sun
She also has multiple jaw fractures and a broken arm.
The Sun
Ill-fitting dental fillings, crowns, appliances, retainers, or braces as well as misalignment of jaw fractures after a severe injury are other causes.
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This often resulted in the tooth breaking, causing jaw fractures and soft tissue damage.
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A fourth, 18, was in hospital with multiple fractures.
Times, Sunday Times
Last night she was in a serious condition with multiple fractures, a torn windpipe and shock.
The Sun
The impact sent her flying into the air causing multiple fractures to her pelvis, hairline fractures of her ribs and internal bleeding.
Times, Sunday Times
The report said he was treated for multiple fractures.
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Patients have multiple fractures and abdominal injuries - some so bad that they are not expected to live.
Times, Sunday Times
Four days later his persistent headache forced him to attend a hospital, where x-rays revealed a fracture.
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He was flown by air ambulance to hospital to be checked over, revealing a fracture to his knee.
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Scans revealed a fracture of the eye socket and an explosion of the eyeball, which surgeons managed to sew back together.
The Sun
He was eventually taken to hospital where scans revealed a fracture to his neck.
The Sun
The results of the scan revealed a fracture in his foot.
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The more injections they had, the greater the likelihood of a spinal fracture, with each successive injection linked to a 21 per cent increase in risk.
Times, Sunday Times
Belcher also was forced to drop out of the card due to a spinal fracture.
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However, an injury caused by a slipped disc and spinal fracture put an end to her dancing career, which eventually led her to start making music.
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I was involved in a serious accident that left me with multiple spinal fractures and other injuries.
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Spinal orthoses may also be used in the treatment of spinal fractures.
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He underwent a bone scan yesterday amid fears he had suffered a fracture or pelvic injury.
The Sun (2014)
Attending surgeons say he sustained a fracture of the spine, a broken rib and internal injuries.
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He missed several games in 1959 after he was hit by a thrown ball and sustained a fracture in his cheekbone.
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She sustained a fracture in her leg.
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About one third of the most severe hyperkyphosis cases in older people have vertebral fractures.
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Multiple vertebral fractures lead to a stooped posture, loss of height, and chronic pain with resultant reduction in mobility.
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Though rare, multiple vertebral fractures can lead to such severe hunch back (kyphosis), the resulting pressure on internal organs can impair one's ability to breathe.
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Nearly half of all vertebral fractures occur without any significant back pain.
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Frequent complications of osteoporosis are vertebral fractures for which spinal radiography can help considerably in diagnosis and follow-up.
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Translations:
Chinese: 破裂, 折断
Japanese: 骨折, 骨折する