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INCOMPLETE FRACTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("incomplete fracture" is a kind of...):
break; fracture (breaking of hard tissue such as bone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incomplete fracture"):
greenstick fracture (a partial fracture of a bone (usually in children); the bone is bent but broken on only one side)
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