DEPRESSED FRACTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depressed fracture mean? 

• DEPRESSED FRACTURE (noun)
  The noun DEPRESSED FRACTURE has 1 sense:

1. fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in

  Familiarity information: DEPRESSED FRACTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPRESSED FRACTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("depressed fracture" is a kind of...):

break; fracture (breaking of hard tissue such as bone)

 Context examples 

The wounds of the face was superficial; the real injury was a depressed fracture of the skull, extending right up through the motor area.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)