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compound fracture


compound fracture

noun

Definition of COMPOUND FRACTURE

: a bone fracture resulting in an open wound through which bone fragments usually protrude
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First Known Use of COMPOUND FRACTURE

1543

Rhymes with COMPOUND FRACTURE

manufacture, simple fracture

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