| dyscrasic fracture | An obsolete term for a fracture occurring in general malnutrition. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| tear drop fracture | <radiology> Avulsion of anterioinferior corner of cervical vertebral body by anterior ligament, most severe and unstable injury of the cervical spine, often the result of diving into shallow water, may be secondary to hyperflexion or hyperextension, typically at C2 see: cervical spine fractures (12 Dec 1998) |
| thoracic spine fracture | <orthopaedics> Bony fracture of one of the twelve thoracic vertebrae. (27 Sep 1997) |