Compound Fracture

  

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Compound Fracture

Definition: Compound Fracture

Compound Fracture

Noun

1. Bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Compound Fracture

Synonym: open fracture (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Compound Fracture

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I know that if a man has a compound fracture and a headache, you put on a tourniquet before you give him an aspirin. (Wake Me When It's Over; writing credit: Richard L. Breen; Howard Singer)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Compound Fracture

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

compound fracture

35
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Compound Fracture

Language Translations for "compound fracture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

komplikovaná zlomenina. (various references)

   

Danish

  

kompliceret fraktur, kompliceret brud, åbent brud, åben fraktur. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

samengestelde breuk, open fractuur, gecompliceerde breuk, fractura complicata. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

avomurtuma. (various references)

   

French

  

fracture ouverte, fracture compliquée. (various references)

   

German

  

offene Fraktur, komplizierter Knochenbruch. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επιπεπλεγμένο κάταγμα. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nyílt csonttörés. (various references)

   

Italian

  

frattura esposta. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

複雑骨折 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ふくざつ"っせつ. (various references)

   

Manx

  

yl-vrishey, covroojit. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ompoundcay acturefray

   

Portuguese

  

fractura exposta. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fractura compuesta (impalement fracture), fractura abierta. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

komplicerad fraktur, öppen fraktur. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

açık kırık. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Compound Fracture

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-f-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-t-u-u"

-5 letters: countercoup, pococurante, proctodaeum.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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