STRESS FRACTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stress fracture mean? 

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

1. fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRESS FRACTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

fatigue fracture; stress fracture

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

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

 Context examples 

Overuse can cause stress fractures, which are very small cracks in the bone.

(Fractures, NIH)