displaced fracture meaning

• Noun: displaced fracture
  1. Fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another

  Derived forms: displaced fractures

  Type of: break, fracture

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Examples

1. treatment of palm-side displaced fracture of barton with manipuiation : a report of 12 cases
2. Counsell suffered a compound, displaced fracture of the right mandible.
3. Kenyon has a non-displaced fracture of the right fibula,
4. Zhitnik has a non-displaced fracture in his right shoulder.
5. The injury was later described as a non-displaced fracture.