complete tear
Fully severed tissue
A complete tear is the full rupture of a tissue, typically a ligament, tendon, or muscle—the fibers are entirely severed rather than merely stretched or partially damaged.
The term appears most often in sports medicine and orthopedic contexts: The MRI showed a complete tear of the ACL.
Compare with partial tear, where some fibers remain intact.
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
- torn ACLDamaged anterior cruciate ligament
- ripTear apart forcibly
- fullMaximum extent reached
- shredTorn fragment
ligament · ACL · grade three · tendon · sobbing · weeping · cry · muscle · damage · severed · injury · torn · ragged · gash · split · destroy · wreck · heartbreak
- joint injuriestorn ligament, torn ACL, torn MCL, ligament strain, ligament sprain
- tendon injuriestendinitis, tendonitis, tendinosis, tendon rupture, torn tendon
injury severity
complete tearpartial tear
Tissue damage without full separation
strain · microtrauma · bruise · contusion · uninjured
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