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chalkstick fracture

chalkstick fracture noun: a kind of (typically long bone) fracture that is transverse to the long axis of the bone, like a snapped stick of chalk.

Noun

chalkstick fracture (countable and uncountable, plural chalkstick fractures)

  1. A kind of (typically long bone) fracture that is transverse to the long axis of the bone, like a snapped stick of chalk.

Forms of chalkstick fracture

pluralchalkstick fractures

Questions about chalkstick fracture

What does chalkstick fracture mean?
Chalkstick fracture means a kind of (typically long bone) fracture that is transverse to the long axis of the bone, like a snapped stick of chalk.
What part of speech is chalkstick fracture?
Chalkstick fracture is a noun.
What is the plural of chalkstick fracture?
The plural of chalkstick fracture is chalkstick fractures.

Words near chalkstick fracture in the dictionary

  1. chalks off
  2. chalks out
  3. chalks something up to experience
  4. chalks up
  5. chalks up to
  6. chalkstick fracture
  7. chalkstone
  8. chalkstones
  9. chalkstony
  10. chalkstripe
  11. chalkstripes

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