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Definition of Refracture
1. Verb. Break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way. "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist"
Definition of Refracture
1. n. A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
2. v. t. To break again, as a bone.
Definition of Refracture
1. Verb. To fracture again. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Refracture
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Refracture
Literary usage of Refracture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1879)
"CASE IL—Deformity from Maltreated Fracture of the Tibia and Fibula Cured by
refracture. Joseph G., aged 37, was admitted to the Pennsylvania Hospital on ..."
2. Surgery in the Pennsylvania Hospital: Being an Epitome of the Practice of by Thomas George Morton, William Hunt, John Bingham Roberts, Frank Woodbury (1880)
"It may also be needed as an assistant to refracture, when the surgeon chooses
... By the term refracture I mean causing a separation of the fragments at the ..."
3. A Practical treatise on fractures and dislocations by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1907)
"In no case have 1 seen the fragments separate under use, but several have come
back in the third or fourth month with refracture caused by a fall. ..."
4. The Surgical treatment of the diseases of infancy and childhood by Timothy Holmes (1869)
"... even though a long period has elapsed since the accident, that the vicious
union is not very solid. hi any such case refracture ought to be attempted, ..."
5. Röntgen Ray Diagnosis and Therapy by Carl Beck (1904)
"133 was taken. At this time the fragments had Fio 134.— refracture IN CASE
ILLUSTRATED BT Fio. 133. failed to be united, although as the ..."
6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1908)
"In the last 20 cases of refracture admitted to St. Thomas's Hospital, ... In the
other case, the refracture occurred four years after operation, ..."
7. Trial for Mal-practice, Frank P. Frisby, by His Next Friend, Pearson Noble by John S. Cochrane, Illinois Circuit Court (Carroll County) (1864)
"But when we get at, and consider the fact, that when re-union had once taken
place, there was a refracture, or loosening of the parts,—(it makes no ..."
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