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Definition of Capillary fracture
1. Noun. A fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin.
Medical Definition of Capillary fracture
1. A fracture without separation of the fragments, the line of break being hairlike, as seen sometimes in the skull. Synonym: capillary fracture. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capillary Fracture
Literary usage of Capillary fracture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Fracture of the Skull Or Cranium by Jacopo Berengario ca Carpi, Levi Robert Lind (1990)
"... tools first with a broad and then a narrow one until you come to the capillary
fracture, that is, the fracture requiring the thinnest and finest tools. ..."