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Definitions for Fracture
[1] the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
[2] the act of breaking; state of being broken.
[3] a break, breach, or split.
[4] the characteristic manner of breaking: a material of unpredictable fracture.
[5] the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral.
[6] to cause or to suffer a fracture in (a bone, etc.).
[7] to break or crack.
[8] Slang . to amuse highly or cause to laugh heartily; delight: The new comic really fractured the audience.
[9] to become fractured; break: a mineral that does not fracture easily.
[10] the act of breaking or the state of being broken
[11] the breaking or cracking of a bone or the tearing of a cartilage the resulting condition See also Colles' fracture, comminuted fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, impacted (def. 2)
[12] a division, split, or breach
[13] mineralogy the characteristic appearance of the surface of a freshly broken mineral or rock the way in which a mineral or rock naturally breaks
[14] to break or cause to break; split
[15] to break or crack (a bone) or (of a bone) to become broken or cracked
[16] to tear (a cartilage) or (of a cartilage) to become torn
Words related to Fracture
wound, fissure, crack, displacement, rift, discontinuity, opening, severance, schism, gap, rent, splinter, breach, cleavage, cleft, disjunction, split, fragmentation, mutilation
Words nearby Fracture
fractionize, fractious, fractocumulus, fractostratus, fractur, fracture, fracture by contrecoup, fracture zone, fractus, frae, fraenulum
Origin of Fracture
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin frāctūra a breach, cleft, fracture, equivalent to frāct(us ) (past participle of frangere to break) + -ūra -ure
Other words from Fracture
frac·tur·a·ble , adjective
frac·tur·al , adjective
frac·tur·er , noun
post·frac·ture , adjective, noun
re·frac·tur·a·ble , adjective
re·frac·ture , verb, re·frac·tured, re·frac·tur·ing.
un·frac·tured , adjective
Word origin for Fracture
C15: from Old French, from Latin fractūra , from frangere to break
Synonyms for Fracture
crack, fissure, wound, breach, cleavage, cleft, discontinuity, disjunction, displacement, fragmentation, gap, mutilation, opening, rent, rift, schism, severance, splinter, split