FRACTURE

fracture, crack, cracking

(noun) the act of cracking something

fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break

(noun) (geology) a crack in the earth’s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; “they built it right over a geological fault”; “he studied the faulting of the earth’s crust”

fracture, break

(noun) breaking of hard tissue such as bone; “it was a nasty fracture”; “the break seems to have been caused by a fall”

fracture, break

(verb) fracture a bone of; “I broke my foot while playing hockey”

fracture

(verb) break (a bone); “She broke her clavicle”

fracture

(verb) become fractured; “The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe”

fracture

(verb) violate or abuse; “This writer really fractures the language”

fracture

(verb) interrupt, break, or destroy; “fracture the balance of power”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

fracture (plural fractures)

An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.

(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.

(geology) A fault or crack in a rock.

Verb

fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)

(ambitransitive) To break, or cause something to break.

(transitive, slang) To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.

Source: Wiktionary

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Frac"ture, n. Etym: [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See Fraction.]

1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

2. (Surg.)

Definition: The breaking of a bone.

3. (Min.)

Definition: The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture. Comminuted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts.

– Complicated fracture (Surg.), a fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint.

– Compound fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture.

– Simple fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound.

Syn.

– Fracture, Rupture. These words denote different kinds of breaking, according to the objects to which they are applied. Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. "To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture" South.

Frac"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fractured (#; 135); p. pr. & vb. n.. Fracturing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fracturer.]

Definition: To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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