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Definition of Compression fracture
1. Noun. Fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae).
Definition of Compression fracture
1. Noun. (medicine) Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression ¹
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Medical Definition of Compression fracture
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Compression Fracture
Literary usage of Compression fracture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"compression fracture of the spinal bodies without cord symptoms is frequently
... The treatment is that of compression fracture of the spine and the cases ..."
2. Treatise on Fractures in General, Industrial, and Military Practice by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1921)
"... their elasticity is reached, when compression fracture of the bodies of the
vertebrae occurs, and, in addition, fractures of the intervertebral disks. ..."
3. Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series (1918)
"compression fracture of the fifth lumbar vertebra is described by James K. ...
In this respect it differs from compression fracture in other parts of the ..."
4. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1883)
"8100 pounds ultimate strength = 47370 pounds per square inch compression.
Fracture started same as in No. 451. Afterwards developed fractures at sides of ..."
5. Atlas and Epitome of Traumatic Fractures and Dislocations by Heinrich Helferich (1902)
"Double Compression-fracture of the Vertebral Column The specimen was taken ...
The case was compl icated by a typical compression-fracture of the os calcis ..."
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