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REFRACTURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does refracture mean?
• REFRACTURE (verb)
The verb REFRACTURE has 1 sense:
1. break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way
Familiarity information: REFRACTURE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they refracture ... he / she / it refractures
Past simple: refractured
Past participle: refractured
-ing form: refracturing
... he / she / it refractures Past simple: refractured
Past participle: refractured
-ing form: refracturing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
The surgeon had to refracture her wrist
Hypernyms (to "refracture" is one way to...):
fracture (break (a bone))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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