compression fracture

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   fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae)

   Broaderfracture

Questions about compression fracture

What does compression fracture mean?

compression fracture means "fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae)".

Is compression fracture a common word?

compression 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.