refracture

noun

1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
2. the act of breaking; state of being broken.
3. a break, breach, or split.
4. the characteristic manner of breaking: a material of unpredictable fracture.
5. the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral.

verb (used with object), frac·tured, frac·tur·ing.

6. to cause or to suffer a fracture in (a bone, etc.).
7. to break or crack.
8. Slang. to amuse highly or cause to laugh heartily; delight: The new comic really fractured the audience.

verb (used without object), frac·tured, frac·tur·ing.

9. to become fractured; break: a mineral that does not fracture easily.

noun

1. the act of breaking or the state of being broken
2. 1. the breaking or cracking of a bone or the tearing of a cartilage
   2. the resulting conditionSee also Colles’ fracture, comminuted fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, impacted (def. 2)
3. a division, split, or breach
4. mineralogy
   1. the characteristic appearance of the surface of a freshly broken mineral or rock
   2. the way in which a mineral or rock naturally breaks

verb

5. to break or cause to break; split
6. to break or crack (a bone) or (of a bone) to become broken or cracked
7. to tear (a cartilage) or (of a cartilage) to become torn

n.

early 15c., “a breaking of a bone,” from Middle French fracture (14c.), from Latin fractura “a breach, break, cleft,” from fractus, past participle of frangere “to break” (see fraction).

v.

1610s (implied in fractured), from fracture (n.). Related: Fracturing.

n.

1. The breaking of a bone that has united after a previous fracture.

n.

1. The act or process of breaking.
2. A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.

v.

1. To cause to break.

1. A break or rupture in bone tissue.♦ A comminuted fracture results in more than two fragments.♦ Although most fractures are caused by a direct blow or sudden, twisting force, stress fractures result from repetitive physical activity.♦ In an incomplete fracture, the fracture line does not completely traverse the bone.