meaning of fracture
1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
2. The breaking of a bone.
3. The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.
4. To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.
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