compound fracture
noun
: a bone fracture resulting in an open wound through which bone fragments usually protrude : open fracture compare simple fracture
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That conundrum—fighting for access to care that citizens ultimately cannot afford—creates a compound fracture in our system that leaves our most vulnerable citizens helpless and hopeless.
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Lena Dunham, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
During an examination, police learned that the adult female cat had a compound fracture to its right hind leg with the bone protruding through the skin, which resulted in an amputation to the injured leg.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024
Williams’ upper left arm, which sustained a compound fracture of his humerus in early November against Florida State, was heavily wrapped.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2024
End of carousel How else to account for the will and the grit to fight through the effects of a car accident that resulted in a compound fracture of one of those glorious gams?
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
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Lena Dunham, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
During an examination, police learned that the adult female cat had a compound fracture to its right hind leg with the bone protruding through the skin, which resulted in an amputation to the injured leg.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2024
Williams’ upper left arm, which sustained a compound fracture of his humerus in early November against Florida State, was heavily wrapped.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2024
End of carousel How else to account for the will and the grit to fight through the effects of a car accident that resulted in a compound fracture of one of those glorious gams?
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Compound fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compound%20fracture. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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