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Definitions for Refracture
[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 nearby Refracture
fracturefractionize, fractious, fractocumulus, fractostratus, fractur, fracture, fracture by contrecoup, fracture zone, fractus, frae, fraenulum
Origin of Refracture
fracture1375–1425; 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 Refracture
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 Refracture
fractureC15: from Old French, from Latin fractūra , from frangere to break