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OPEN FRACTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does open fracture mean? 

OPEN FRACTURE (noun)
  The noun OPEN FRACTURE has 1 sense:

1. bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open woundplay

  Familiarity information: OPEN FRACTURE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OPEN FRACTURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

compound fracture; open fracture

Hypernyms ("open fracture" is a kind of...):

break; fracture (breaking of hard tissue such as bone)


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