Colles' fracture
Col·les' fracture
noun \ˈkäl-əs-, ˈkäl-ˌēz-\Definition of COLLES' FRACTURE
: a fracture of the lower end of the radius with backward displacement of the lower fragment and radial deviation of the hand at the wrist that produces a characteristic deformity—compare smith fracture
Biographical Note for COLLES' FRACTURE
Col·les \ˈkäl-əs\ , Abraham (1773–1843), British surgeon. Colles' enduring contributions are his anatomical description of the fascia of the perineum in 1811, his description of a fracture at the distal end of the radius (Colles' fracture) in 1814, and his clinical observations in 1837 on the contagion of syphilis.
