compound fracture
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Definition & Meaning of "compound fracture"in English

Compound fracture
01

a bone break that involves the bone piercing through the skin 

Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
not gender specific
Plural form
compound fractures
Examples
The accident resulted in a compound fracture where the bone broke through the skin. 
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