simple fracture

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsclosed fracture

   Broaderfracture

Questions about simple fracture

What does simple fracture mean?

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

What is another word for simple fracture?

Close synonyms include closed 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 simple fracture a common word?

simple 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.