fracturedfrac‧tured /ˈfræktʃəd $ -ərd/ adjective 
She suffered a fractured skull in the accident.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The X-ray revealed that she had several fractured ribs.
- He said the cause of death was brain damage due to a fractured skull.
- He was managed conservatively, the fractured pelvis being treated by rest in bed.
- I wanted to lay on him the burden of our fractured present.
- It's only a broken collar-bone and two fractured ribs.
- Scores of firemen spent four hours after the explosion trying to repair a fractured gas pipe in the middle of High Street.
- She couldn't help thinking about the Porsche and Nigel's fractured pelvis.
- The graceful flourish of his handwriting contrasted oddly with the fractured grammar and exotic spelling of his prose.
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a broken bone has been cracked or separated into pieces: · One little boy had a broken arm.· I think my ankle's broken.
a fractured bone has been cracked, but it has not completely separated: · The X-ray revealed that she had several fractured ribs.
American informal broken: · Julie's arm is busted and she can't take care of herself.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY She suffered a fractured skull in the accident.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
broken or crackedfractured skull/jaw/rib etc She suffered a fractured skull in the accident.· He was taken to hospital with a broken arm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Mr Healy died later in a Dublin hospital from bleed of the brain and a fractured skull.· Pathologist Mustansir Nurbhai said Mr Thompson died of extensive cerebral haemorrhage due to a fractured skull.· I suspect she has a fractured skull and her cheekbone is also broken.· He is thought to have a fractured skull and is drifting in and out of consciousness.· He had emergency surgery on his fractured skull but died 12 hours later from brain injuries.· He suffered brain damage caused by a fractured skull and died later in Middlesbrough General hospital.
She suffered a fractured skull in the accident.