fracture

frac-ture · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (medicine) A break in a bone.

  2. 2.

    To break or crack something, especially a bone.

  3. 3.

    A crack or break in something hard.

  4. 4.

    To cause to split or divide.

  5. 5.

    (geology) A crack in rock or the earth's crust.

Forms

plural: fractures

Related words

See also: bone, break, crack
Synonyms: break, crack, rupture

Etymology

From Latin fractura ("a break"), from frangere ("to break"). Related to fraction and fragile.