Definition of Capillary fracture

1. Noun. A fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin.

Exact synonyms: Hairline Fracture
Generic synonyms: Break, Fracture

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

capillarizations
capillarogenesis
capillaron
capillaropathy
capillaroscopy
capillary
capillary action
capillary angioma
capillary arteriole
capillary artery
capillary attraction
capillary bed
capillary circulation
capillary drainage
capillary electrophoresis
capillary fracture (current term)
capillary fragility
capillary fragility test
capillary fringe
capillary haemangioma
capillary lake
capillary leak syndrome
capillary loops
capillary nevus
capillary pericyte
capillary permeability
capillary permeability factor
capillary pulse
capillary refill
capillary refills

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. ..."

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