open fracture
noun
: a fracture associated with an open wound or break in the skin through which bone often protrudes : compound fracture
Examples of open fracture in a Sentence
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Paramedics took the skateboarder to a hospital with open fractures to his lower leg.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
Woods had multiple open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of his right tibia and fibula, the two main bones in the lower leg.
—Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
Broke both bones, an open fracture back in December.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 July 2022
The woman suffered significant neurological damage considered to be life-threatening and the man suffered an open fracture to his left leg, authorities said.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
One man suffered head trauma and an open fracture in his lower leg and was in critical condition, authorities said.
—Victoria Albert, CBS News, 8 June 2022
As a child, he was beaten by a stepfather, suffering an open fracture to his arm.
—Carrie Teegardin, ajc, 21 Jan. 2022
Paramedics took the victim to a hospital for treatment of an open fracture of his lower right leg, the officer said.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2021
That athleticism makes for an ideal reserve to Prescott, who has consistently impressed the Cowboys this offseason with his progress from an October ankle dislocation and open fracture.
—Dallas News, 7 May 2021
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
Woods had multiple open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of his right tibia and fibula, the two main bones in the lower leg.
—Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
Broke both bones, an open fracture back in December.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 July 2022
The woman suffered significant neurological damage considered to be life-threatening and the man suffered an open fracture to his left leg, authorities said.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
One man suffered head trauma and an open fracture in his lower leg and was in critical condition, authorities said.
—Victoria Albert, CBS News, 8 June 2022
As a child, he was beaten by a stepfather, suffering an open fracture to his arm.
—Carrie Teegardin, ajc, 21 Jan. 2022
Paramedics took the victim to a hospital for treatment of an open fracture of his lower right leg, the officer said.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2021
That athleticism makes for an ideal reserve to Prescott, who has consistently impressed the Cowboys this offseason with his progress from an October ankle dislocation and open fracture.
—Dallas News, 7 May 2021
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1852, in the meaning defined above
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open fracture
noun
: a fracture associated with an open wound or break in the skin through which bone often protrudes : compound fracture compare closed fracture
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