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Definition of Compound fracture
1. Noun. Bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound.
Medical Definition of Compound fracture
1. Fracture in which the skin is perforated and there is an open wound down to the fracture. Synonym: compound fracture. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compound Fracture
Literary usage of Compound fracture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1880)
"compound fracture of thigh. Death from shock in twenty-four hours. Temp, just
before death, ... compound fracture and dislocation of ankle- joint. Temp. ..."
2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"1 laceration of the scrotum. 28 fractures: 14 compound fracture of finger.
1 compound fracture of wrist. 6 simple fracture of arm. ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1890)
"To have a compound fracture-dislocation of the ankle-, knee-, elbow-, or
shoulder-joint repair with complete restoration of function is the aim of the ..."
4. Notes on the surgery of the war in the Crimea by George Husband Baird Macleod (1862)
"Besides those who died directly from the injury, 96 cases of compound fracture
of the femur, and 91 eases of compound fracture of both bones of the leg, ..."
5. A Treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints by Astley Cooper, Bransby Blake Cooper (1851)
"Mr. Hawker 234 137 compound fracture of the patella; wound extending into joint;
complete recovery. Mr. Dixon ...... 234 138 compound fracture of the right ..."
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