broken leg
Shattered lower limb
A broken leg is a fracture in one of the leg bones—femur, tibia, or fibula.
The term covers everything from hairline cracks to compound fractures.
Beyond the literal injury, a broken leg serves as the archetypal excuse or misfortune: I'd help you move, but I have a broken leg.
In theater, break a leg is the traditional way to wish someone good luck, supposedly because wishing actual good luck invites bad fortune.
- fractureSplit in hard material
- stress fractureMicroscopic bone crack from overuse
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
- crutchesMobility aids for injured
- splintDevice immobilizing injured limbs
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- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- leg injuriesknee injury, hamstring strain, ACL tear, hamstring tear, calf strain
- fracturesfracture, stress fracture, hairline fracture, compound fracture, simple fracture
- ski injuriesACL tear, ACL tears, concussion, knee injury, fractures
- wildlife mortalitymortality rate, die-off, mass die-off, natural death, natural causes
- Lincoln assassinationJohn Wilkes Booth, Ford's Theatre, assassination, Booth, derringer
broken legsprain
Ligament stretch injury
pulled muscle · sprained ankle · twisted ankle · leg cramp · stiff leg
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