Compound fracture

/kˈɒmpaʊnd fɹˈaktʃə/

/kˈɑːmpaʊnd fɹˈæktʃɚ/

[noun]

Compound fracture

[NOUN]

bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound

synonyms : open fracture

Examples

1. It was a compound fracture.

2. I survived, but I had compound fractures - mostly my left arm - and it took about ten days to find a decent hospital.

3. Power move number seven belongs to Trichobatrachus Robostus, which is a frog, and when he's threatened he breaks a bone in his own foot and then uses the bone fragment from his compound fracture as a claw to stab you!