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fracture

Main Entry:: ¹frac·ture $Listen to the pronunciation of 1fracture$
Pronunciation:: \ˈfrak-chər, -shər\
Function:: noun

1: the act or process of breaking or the state of being broken

[fracture illustration]

; specifically : the breaking of hard tissue (as bone)—see pott's fracture2: the rupture (as by tearing) of soft tissue <kidney fracture>

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