compression fracture

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noun

Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression

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fracture compound fracture hip fracture simple fracture hangman's fracture bayonetting colles' fracture compressor microfracture surgery craniorrhachischisis fragmentectomy vertebroplasty osteoclasis pseudarthrosis splint salter-harris fracture

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