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Refracture

Re-frac′ture

(r?-fr?k′t?r;135)
,
Noun.
(Surg.)
A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.

Re-frac′ture

,
Verb.
T.
(Surg.)
To break again, as a bone.

Definition 2024


refracture

refracture

English

Verb

refracture (third-person singular simple present refractures, present participle refracturing, simple past and past participle refractured)

  1. To fracture again.

Noun

refracture (plural refractures)

  1. (surgery) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.


Latin

Participle

rēfractūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of rēfractūrus