broken finger
Snapped hand bone
A broken finger is a finger with a fractured bone, typically from impact or crushing injury.
The term covers any of the fourteen finger bones (phalanges) in either hand.
She played the rest of the game with a broken finger.
A broken finger usually requires splinting and several weeks to heal.
- fractureSplit in hard material
- bone breakSkeletal structural failure
- stress fractureMicroscopic bone crack from overuse
- splintDevice immobilizing injured limbs
- swollenAbnormally enlarged
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