comminuted fracture

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   fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed

   Broaderfracture

Questions about comminuted fracture

What does comminuted fracture mean?

comminuted fracture means "fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed".

Is comminuted fracture a common word?

comminuted 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.