open fracture

English

Noun

open fracture (plural open fractures)

1. (pathology) A fracture of a bone where one or more bone fragments penetrate the skin, forming an open wound.

   Synonyms: compound fracture, effraction

   Coordinate term: simple fracture

Translations

Translations

• Estonian: lahtine luumurd
• Finnish: avomurtuma (fi)
• French: fracture ouverte f
• German: offener Bruch m
• Hungarian: nyílt törés
• Polish: złamanie otwarte (pl) n
• Spanish: fractura abierta f

Further reading

• “open fracture”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.