impacted fracture

/ɪmˌpæktəd ˌfræktʃər/
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Other forms: impacted fractures

Definitions of impacted fracture
  1. noun
    fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end
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    type of:
    break, fracture
    breaking of hard tissue such as bone
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