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Definition of Depressed fracture
1. Noun. Fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in.
Medical Definition of Depressed fracture
1. A skull fracture with inward displacement of a part of the calvarium. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depressed Fracture
Literary usage of Depressed fracture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"1146; —$5000-—man—epilepsy developed from depressed fracture of skull which
necessitated removal of a portion thereof, Mov Quon v. Furuya Co. 81 Wash. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1880)
"Twenty-four hours alter admission he had a spasm of the right side, and, upon
examination, there was found to be a depressed fracture of the skull. ..."
3. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"tusion, when, if I find a depressed fracture, I trephine. If a fissured fracture,
I trephine if there is any hemorrhage through the line or lines, ..."
4. Trephining in Its Ancient and Modern Aspect by Carl F. W. Bödecker, John Fletcher Horne (1894)
"... In compound depressed fracture of the skull the rule is to operate, and at once."
Mr. Erichsen spoke even more emphatically. In his very admirable book ..."
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