| fractur | I fractured my arm. |
| fractur | The pain from the compound fracture was almost intolerable. |
| fracture | (n) breaking of hard tissue such as bone, Syn. break, Example: it was a nasty fracture; the break seems to have been caused by a fall |
| fracture | (n) the act of cracking something, Syn. cracking, crack |
| fracture | (v) violate or abuse, Example: This writer really fractures the language |
| fracture | (v) interrupt, break, or destroy, Example: fracture the balance of power |
| fracture | (v) break into pieces, Example: The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle |
| fracture | (v) become fractured, Example: The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe |
| fracture | (v) break (a bone), Example: She broke her clavicle |
| fracture | (v) fracture a bone of, Syn. break, Example: I broke my foot while playing hockey |
| Fractural | a. Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fracture | n. [ L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See Fraction. ]
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| Fracture | v. t. |