Definition of Displaced fracture

1. Noun. Fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another.

Generic synonyms: Break, Fracture

Lexicographical Neighbors of Displaced Fracture

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dispiritments
dispirits
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dispiteousness
displace
displaceability
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displaced-person
displaced fracture (current term)
displaced person
displaced persons
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displacement analysis
displacement loop
displacement reaction
displacement threshold
displacement ton
displacement tons
displacement unit
displacements
displacements per atom
displacencies
displacency

Literary usage of Displaced fracture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Röntgen Ray Diagnosis and Therapy by Carl Beck (1904)
"... of the left side showed the overlapping of both sides, and also the formation of a bone bridge between FIG. 150.—displaced fracture or RADIUS AND ULNA, ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1880)
"... received a simple displaced fracture of the frontal bone, of great extent, from a terrible blow struck by some large fragment of an exploding shell. ..."

3. A Text-book of clinical anatomy for students and practitioners: For Students by Daniel Nathan Eisendrath (1907)
"In the T-shaped fractures the relations of the bony points will be changed, according as one or both condyles are displaced. Fracture of Internal Epicondyle ..."

4. The Practice of surgery by James Miller (1857)
"... if the immediate risk be overpassed, we may reasonably entertain expectation of a fortunate result. On the other hand, few cases of displaced fracture ..."

5. The London Medical Gazette (1848)
"When it is necessary to apply force to produce coaptation of a displaced fracture, the extending power must be applied to the portion of the limb below the ..."

6. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery by Bransby Blake Cooper (1852)
"When it is necessary to apply force to produce coaptation of a displaced fracture, the extending power must be applied to the portion of the limb below the ..."

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