Meaning

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

    offener Bruch

    bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He has an open tibia fracture.

  2. She has an open tibia fracture.

  3. Leon felt a sharp pain from an open fracture in his leg.

Translations

4 languages
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Forms

plural: open fractures
Singularopen fracture
Pluralopen fractures

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound:compound fracture

See also

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