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refracture

refracture verb: to fracture again.

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. A second fracture

Forms of refracture

Verb
third-person singular presentrefractures
present participlerefracturing
past participlerefractured
pastrefractured
Noun
pluralrefractures

Origin of refracture

From re- + fracture.

Questions about refracture

What does refracture mean?
Refracture means to fracture again.
What part of speech is refracture?
Refracture can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of refracture?
The past tense of refracture is refractured.

Words near refracture in the dictionary

  1. refractory period
  2. refractory periods
  3. refractory rhyme
  4. refractory rhymes
  5. refracts
  6. refracture
  7. refractured
  8. refractures
  9. refracturing
  10. refragability
  11. refragable

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