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adjective
- 1. (of a bone or hard object) broken; cracked: "a fractured skull" Similar
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FRACTURED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of fracture 2. If something hard, such as a bone, fractures, or…. Learn more.
to crack or break something, esp. a bone: [ T ] She fractured her skull in the accident. [ I ] This mineral fractures along straight lines.
The meaning of FRACTURED is having a crack or break : having suffered a fracture. How to use fractured in a sentence.
If something hard, such as a bone, fractures, or is fractured, it breaks or cracks: She fractured her skull in the accident. Two of her ribs fractured when she was thrown from her horse. A fractured pipe at a steelworks has leaked 20 tons of oil into the Severn estuary. formal.
2 meanings: 1. medicine (of bones or cartilage) broken or torn 2. divided or split into parts.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of fractured adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. countable noun. A fracture is a slight crack or break in something, especially a bone. At least one-third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture. 2. verb. If something such as a bone is fractured or fractures, it gets a slight crack or break in it. You've fractured a rib, maybe more than one.
noun. frac· ture ˈfrak-chər. -shər. Synonyms of fracture. 1. : the result of fracturing : break. 2. a. : the act or process of breaking or the state of being broken. especially : the breaking of hard tissue (such as bone) b. : the rupture (as by tearing) of soft tissue. kidney fracture. 3.
Definition of fracture verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
fractured meaning, definition, what is fractured: broken or cracked: Learn more.
