| double fracture | A fracture in two parts of the same bone. Synonym: double fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Dupuytren's fracture | Fracture of lower part of fibula, with dislocation of ankle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dyscrasic fracture | An obsolete term for a fracture occurring in general malnutrition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| impacted fracture | A fracture in which one of the fragments is driven into the cancellous tissue of the other fragment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incomplete fracture | A fracture in which the line of fracture does not include the entire bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| indirect fracture | A fracture, especially of the skull, that occurs at a point not at the site of impact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intra-articular fracture | Fracture occurring within a joint capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracapsular fracture | <orthopaedics> A fracture at the articular extremity of a bone within the line of insertion of the capsular ligament of the joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraoral fracture appliance | A metal or acrylic device attached to the teeth with wire or cement; used to immobilise fractures of the maxilla and mandible. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraperiosteal fracture | A fracture in which the periosteum is not ruptured. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intrauterine fracture | A fracture of one or more bones of a foetus occurring before birth. Synonym: foetal fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oblique fracture | A fracture the line of which runs obliquely to the axis of the bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occult fracture | A condition in which there are clinical signs of fracture but no X-ray evidence; after 3 or 4 weeks X-ray imaging shows new bone formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| open fracture | Fracture in which the skin is perforated and there is an open wound down to the fracture. Synonym: compound fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| open skull fracture | A fracture with laceration of overlying scalp and/or mucous membrane. Synonym: compound skull fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |