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compound fracture

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Illness & disability
ˌcompound ˈfracture noun [countable]  MIa broken bone that cuts through someone’s skin 哆开骨折,有创骨折,开放性骨折
Examples from the Corpus
compound fractureWard suffered a compound fracture of the left leg in Good Friday's derby match at Wigan.Case No. 8: 40 year-old woman sustained crushing compound fracture of two fingers in an automobile accident.It is so-called because of the compound fracture of the leg which Pott himself suffered as the result of an accident in 1756.
ˌcompound ˈfracture nounChineseSyllable
a someone’s broken bone that through cuts Corpus


compound fracture
ˌcompound ˈfracture noun [countable]
a broken bone that cuts through someone’s skin


compound fractureBrE /ˌkɒmpaʊnd ˈfræktʃə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkɑːmpaʊnd ˈfræktʃər/ 🔊 nounan injury in which a bone in the body is broken and part of the bone comes through the skin 开放性骨折   compare simple fracture