| NFS | National Fertility Study; no fracture seen |
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| SER | sebum excretion rate; sensitizer enhancement ratio; sensory evoked response; service; smooth endopla... |
| SER-IV | supination external rotation, type 4 fracture |
| SH | Salter-Harris [fracture]; Schonlein-Henoch [purpura]; self-help; serum hepatitis; sexual harassment;... |
| diastatic skull fracture | The traumatic separation of cranial bones at a suture line. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| direct fracture | A fracture, especially of the skull, occurring at the point of injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dishpan fracture | Regular cranial concavity in infants; may or may not be associated with fracture Synonym: dishpan fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dislocation fracture | A fracture of a bone near an articulation with its concomitant dislocation from that joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double fracture | A fracture in two parts of the same bone. Synonym: double fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |