Fracture

Noun

 * 1) the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
 * 2)  a fault or crack in a rock

Verb

 * 1) to break, or cause something to break

Verbs for Fracture
cast—; compound—; depress—; examine—; expose—; fasten—; incur—; inflict—; prevent—; produce—; recognize—; reconcile—; reduce—; splice—; splint—; support—; x-ray—; —divides; —heals; — mends; — shocks; —splits; —splinters;— unites.

Synonyms for Fracture
rupture, rift, break, breach, crack, rent, split.

Antonyms for Fracture
union, juncture, conjugation.

Derived terms

 * compound fracture
 * fracture mechanics
 * greenstick fracture
 * hairline fracture
 * incomplete fracture
 * Jones fracture
 * simple fracture
 * Smith's fracture
 * stress fracture
 * tracheal fracture
 * vowel fracture

Related terms

 * fractal
 * fraction
 * fragment

Thesaurus
abrade, abrasion, abysm, abyss, amuse, arroyo, bark, beguile, blemish, bloody, box canyon, breach, break, break open, break up, breakage, breaking, burn, burst, bust, canyon, cavity, chafe, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, chip, claw, cleavage, cleave, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, come apart, come unstuck, concussion, convulse, coulee, couloir, crack, crackle, cranny, craze, crevasse, crevice, cut, cut apart, cwm, defile, delight, dell, dike, disintegrate, ditch, divert, division, donga, draw, enliven, entertain, excavation, exfoliate, exhilarate, fall to pieces, fault, fissure, flash burn, flaw, flume, fracture one, fray, frazzle, fret, furrow, gall, gap, gape, gash, give away, give way, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, hurt, incise, incision, injure, injury, joint, kill, kloof, knock dead, lacerate, laceration, leak, lesion, loosen up, maim, make mincemeat of, maul, moat, mortal wound, mutilate, mutilation, notch, nullah, open, opening, pass, passage, pierce, puncture, raise a laugh, raise a smile, ravine, recreate, refresh, regale, relax, rend, rent, rift, rime, rip, rive, run, rupture, savage, scald, scale, schism, scissure, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, seam, second-degree burn, separate, separation, skin, slash, slay, slice, slit, slot, snap, solace, sore, splinter, split, sprain, spring a leak, stab, stab wound, start, stick, strain, tear, third-degree burn, tickle, titillate, trauma, traumatize, trench, valley, void, wadi, wound, wounds immedicable, wow, wrench

Etymology
< <  fractura: < frangere:, past participle fractus:, from, from whence also English break:. See fraction:.

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 骨折
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Knochenbruch, Bruch, Fraktur
 * Japanese: 骨折


 * Manx: brishey
 * Papiamentu: breuk
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: перелом
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: bomabrek


 * Dutch: Verwerfung

Verb

 * Finnish: ,


 * Romanian:

Noun

 * 1) fracture