(n) A crack or break in a rock (v) To break in random places instead of cleaving Said of minerals
Breach in continuity of a bone Types of fractures include simple, compound, comminuted, greenstick, incomplete, impacted, longitudinal, oblique, stress, or transverse
A general term to include any kind of discontinuity in a body of rock if produced by mechanical failure, whether by shear stress or tensile stress Fractures include faults, shears, joints, and planes of fracture cleavage
the act of cracking something breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language" break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power
breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
Breach of continuity of a bone Types of fractures include simple, compound, comminuted, greenstick incomplete, impacted, longitudinal, oblique, stress, or transverse