compound fracture
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
compound fracture (plural compound fractures)
- A broken bone communicating with a co-existing skin wound.
- Synonym: open fracture
- Coordinate term: simple fracture
Translations[edit]
open fracture — see open fracture
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “compound fracture”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “compound fracture”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “compound fracture”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.