fracture

1. Breaking of hard tissue such as bone (synset 114315592)
   "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
   is a type of: harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
   subtypes:

   • comminuted fracture - fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed
   • complete fracture - break involving the entire width of the bone
   • compound fracture, open fracture - bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound
   • compression fracture - fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae)
   • depressed fracture - fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in
   • displaced fracture - fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another
   • fatigue fracture, stress fracture - fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury
   • capillary fracture, hairline fracture - a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin
   • incomplete fracture - fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone
   • impacted fracture - fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end
   • closed fracture, simple fracture - an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin
   same as: break
2. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (synset 109301443)
   "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
   referred to in: geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
   is a type of: cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure - a long narrow opening
   subtypes:

   • inclined fault - a geological fault in which one side is above the other
   • strike-slip fault - a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
   specific instances:

   • denali fault - a major open geological fault in Alaska
   • san andreas fault - a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes
   has: fault line - (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
   same as: break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift
3. The act of cracking something (synset 100377802)
   is a type of: break, breakage, breaking - the act of breaking something
   same as: crack, cracking

1. Violate or abuse (synset 200204101)
   "This writer really fractures the language"
   is a type of: abuse, misuse, pervert - change the inherent purpose or function of something
2. Interrupt, break, or destroy (synset 201624121)
   "fracture the balance of power"
   is a type of: destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
3. Break into pieces (synset 200336176)
   "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
   is a type of: break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
4. Become fractured (synset 200108107)
   "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
   is a type of: break, break off, discontinue, stop - prevent completion
   verb group: fracture - break (a bone)
5. Break (a bone) (synset 200107747)
   "She broke her clavicle"
   subtypes: refracture - break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way
   verb group:

   • break, fracture - fracture a bone of
   • fracture - become fractured
6. Fracture a bone of (synset 200107543)
   "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
   is a type of: injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to
   same as: break
   verb group: fracture - break (a bone)

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