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simple fracture
noun
- a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
simple fracture
noun
- a fracture in which the broken bone does not pierce the skin Also calledclosed fracture Compare compound fracture
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Word History and Origins
Origin of simple fracture1
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences
It was no comminuted fracture I had to deal with, but a very simple case of simple fracture.
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In simple fracture, the metacarpus is covered with enough cotton to pad the parts, and this is retained in position by bandages.
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Splints are then applied as for simple fracture in the same locality (p. 113).
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Careless handling has often been the means of a simple fracture being converted into a compound one.
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Simple—In a simple fracture the bone is broken, but the skin is not broken; that is, there is no outward wound.
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