compound fracture

English

Noun

compound fracture (plural compound fractures)

1. A broken bone communicating with a co-existing skin wound.

   Synonym: open fracture

   Coordinate term: simple fracture

Translations

open fracture — see open fracture

See also

• complicated fracture

Further reading

• “compound fracture”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “compound fracture”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “compound fracture”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.