closed fracture

1. 1.

   an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin

   Synonymssimple fracture

   Broaderfracture

Questions about closed fracture

What does closed fracture mean?

closed fracture means "an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin".

What is another word for closed fracture?

Close synonyms include simple fracture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is closed fracture a common word?

closed fracture is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.