stress fracture
stress fracture
nounDefinition of STRESS FRACTURE
: a usually hairline fracture of a bone that has been subjected to repeated stress
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- The gymnast developed a stress fracture in her ankle.
First Known Use of STRESS FRACTURE
1952
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