Fracture

n.	1.	The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
	2.	(Surg.) The breaking of a bone.
	3.	(Min.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture. Comminuted fracture (Surg.) a fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts. Complicated fracture (Surg.) a fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint. Compound fracture (Surg.) a fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture. Simple fracture (Surg.) a fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound.
v. t.	1.	To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull. [imp. & p. p. Fractured (#; 135); p. pr. & vb. n.. Fracturing.]

Noun	1.	fracture - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" Synonyms: break
	2.	fracture - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault" Synonyms: geological fault, fault, break, shift
	3.	fracture - the act of cracking something Synonyms: cracking, crack
Verb	1.	fracture - violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
	2.	fracture - interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
	3.	fracture - break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
	4.	fracture - become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
	5.	fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
	6.	fracture - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" Synonyms: break

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