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HAIRLINE FRACTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin
Synonyms:
capillary fracture; hairline fracture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hairline fracture" is a kind of...):
break; fracture (breaking of hard tissue such as bone)