hairline fracture

hairline fracture

n. A minor fracture in which the bone fragments remain in alignment, appearing on x-ray film as a fine line.

hairline fracture

n (Pathology) a very fine crack in a bone

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hairline fracture - a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thincapillary fracturefracture, break - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

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