HAIRLINE FRACTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hairline fracture mean? 

• HAIRLINE FRACTURE (noun)
  The noun HAIRLINE FRACTURE has 1 sense:

1. a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAIRLINE FRACTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

capillary fracture; hairline fracture

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

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