Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fracture again (a badly set bone) in order to secure union in a better position.
- noun A breaking again, as of a badly set bone.
- noun Refraetoriness; antagonism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
- transitive verb (Surg.) To break again, as a bone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
fracture again.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way
Etymologies
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re- + fracture
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Examples
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For all the eye candy that patients see in the new office, many of the group's advancements have come in features that patients can't see: lenticular refracture surgery and electronic medical records.
unknown title 2009
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t refracture it rummaging through the wreckage; if there were no internal injuries that crippled him first; if there was nothing on this planet that decided he looked tasty ...
Changeling Leigh, Stephen 1989
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