stress fracture
noun
: a usually hairline fracture of a bone that has been subjected to repeated stress
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The gymnast developed a stress fracture in her ankle.
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The move was viewed as strategic to get Towns prepared for minutes alongside Mitchell Robinson, who is expected to make his season debut after recovering from a stress fracture in his left ankle last season.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Robinson, recovering from two surgeries to repair repeat stress fractures in his left ankle, hasn’t played since Game 1 of the Knicks’ second-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers on May 6.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Robinson, who underwent a second procedure to repair a stress fracture in his left ankle, hasn’t played since the Knicks’ second-round playoff opener on May 6.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
Adam was a familiar face for at least the front office and bullpen coach Ben Fritz, who was a rehab coach in Peoria when Adam arrived on a minor league deal in 2017 while trying to recover from four surgeries following a stress fracture in his elbow.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Robinson, recovering from two surgeries to repair repeat stress fractures in his left ankle, hasn’t played since Game 1 of the Knicks’ second-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers on May 6.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Robinson, who underwent a second procedure to repair a stress fracture in his left ankle, hasn’t played since the Knicks’ second-round playoff opener on May 6.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
Adam was a familiar face for at least the front office and bullpen coach Ben Fritz, who was a rehab coach in Peoria when Adam arrived on a minor league deal in 2017 while trying to recover from four surgeries following a stress fracture in his elbow.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Stress fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stress%20fracture. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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