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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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.
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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
Hard to forget that UM lost 27-20 in Tallahassee a couple months ago, when freshman Canes quarterback Emory Williams sustained a compound fracture of his left arm.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
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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
Hard to forget that UM lost 27-20 in Tallahassee a couple months ago, when freshman Canes quarterback Emory Williams sustained a compound fracture of his left arm.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
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“Compound fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compound%20fracture. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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