INCOMPLETE FRACTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incomplete fracture mean? 

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

1. fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCOMPLETE FRACTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incomplete fracture"):

greenstick fracture (a partial fracture of a bone (usually in children); the bone is bent but broken on only one side)