fracture

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fracture

Fracture of an aluminum crank arm of a bicycle, where Bright= brittle fracture, Dark= fatigue fracture.

Compare healthy bone with different types of fractures:
   (a) closed fracture
   (b) open fracture
   (c) transverse fracture
   (d) spiral fracture
   (e) comminuted fracture
   (f) impacted fracture
   (g) greenstick fracture
   (h) oblique fracture

Etymology edit

From Middle English fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin fractūra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of fraktur.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃə/, /ˈfɹæk.tjə/
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Noun edit

fracture (plural fractures)

An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
(geology) A fault or crack in a rock.

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Translations edit

act of breaking, or something broken

Afrikaans: breuk (af), fraksie
Arabic: كسر (ar), انكسار
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: счупване (bg) n (sčupvane), фрактура (bg) f (fraktura)
Catalan: fractura (ca) f
Czech: zlomenina (cs) f
Danish: brud (da) n, fraktur c
Dutch: breuk (nl) f, fractuur (nl) f
Esperanto: rompo, frakturo
Finnish: murtuma (fi), särö (fi), murtuminen (fi)
French: fracture (fr) f
Galician: fractura f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Knochenbruch (de) m, Bruch (de) m, Fraktur (de) f
Greek: κάταγμα (el) n (kátagma), θλάση (el) f (thlási)
Italian: frattura (it)
Khmer: ការបាក់ឆ្អឹង (kaa-bak chʼəng)
Latin: fractūrā (la) f
Manx: brishey m
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fraktur m

Nynorsk: fraktur m
Papiamentu: breuk
Polish: złamanie (pl) n, pęknięcie (pl) n
Portuguese: fratura (pt) f
Romanian: fractură (ro) f, fracturare f, rupere (ro) f
Russian: перело́м (ru) m (perelóm)
Spanish: fractura (es) f
Swedish: brott (sv) n
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kırık (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: bomabrek (vo)
Welsh: toriad (cy) m
West Frisian: brek
Zazaki: şıkıte

(medicine) a break in a bone or cartilage

Chinese:
Mandarin: 骨折 (zh) (gǔzhé)
Egyptian:

(pšn)
Finnish: murtuma (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: ῥῆγμα n (rhêgma)
Hindi: अस्थिभंग (hi) (asthibhaṅg)
Indonesian: fraktur (id)
Japanese: 骨折 (ja) (こっせつ, kossetsu)
Korean: 골절(骨折) (ko) (goljeol)
Malay: fraktur (ms), patah tulang
Sanskrit: अस्थिभङ्ग (sa) (asthibhaṅga)
Swedish: benbrott (sv) n, fraktur (sv) c
Welsh: toriad (cy) m

(geology) fault

Bulgarian: цепнатина (bg) f (cepnatina), лом (bg) m (lom)
Dutch: breuk (nl) m or f
Esperanto: faŭlto
Finnish: murros (fi)
Galician: falla f
German: Verwerfung f
Greek: θραύση (el) f (thráfsi), σπάσιμο (el) n (spásimo)
Portuguese: falha (pt) f
Welsh: toriad (cy) m, gorthoriant m

Verb edit

fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)

(transitive, intransitive) To break, or cause something to break.
(transitive, slang) To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.
- 2013, Frank De Blase, Pine Box for a Pin-Up:
  “You fracture me, Frankie,” Patsy said. “You should take that act on the road. Howsabout now?” This is the way it would go whenever I showed up at Patsy's, a dual of digs and wisecracks with the disapproving groans of those within earshot.

Translations edit

break

Arabic: يكسر, ينكسر
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: (transitive) лама́ць impf (lamácʹ), злама́ць pf (zlamácʹ); (intransitive) лама́цца impf (lamácca), злама́цца pf (zlamácca)
Bulgarian: чупя (bg) (čupja), троша (bg) (troša)
Catalan: fracturar (ca)
Danish: (transitive) brække (da), (transitive) sprænge, (intransitive) sprænges
Esperanto: rompi (eo) (transitive), rompiĝi (intransitive)
Finnish: haljeta (fi), murtua (fi), rikkoa (fi), murtaa (fi), hajottaa (fi), särkeä (fi)
French: fracturer (fr)
Galician: fracturar (gl)
Greek: θραύω (el) (thrávo), σπάω (el) (spáo)
Khmer: បាក់ (km) (bak)
Korean: 부러지다 (ko) (bureojida)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: fraturar (pt)
Romanian: fractura (ro)
Russian: (transitive) лома́ть (ru) impf (lomátʹ), слома́ть (ru) pf (slomátʹ); (intransitive) лома́ться (ru) impf (lomátʹsja), слома́ться (ru) pf (slomátʹsja)
Spanish: fracturar (es)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: (transitive) лама́ти impf (lamáty), злама́ти pf (zlamáty); (intransitive) лама́тися impf (lamátysja), злама́тися pf (zlamátysja)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: torri (cy)
Zazaki: şıkınen