fractures
Splits under stress
Fractures are breaks or cracks, most often in bones: She suffered multiple fractures in the accident.
The term extends to any breaking apart—fractures in rock formations, fractures in political alliances.
To fracture something is to cause it to break: The fall fractured his wrist.
Figuratively, relationships or communities fracture when unity breaks down: The scandal fractured the party.
Imperfection or blame
- fissureNarrow crack in rock
- riftCrack or estrangement
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
seismology · jointing · cleavage · strata · bedrock · earthquake · lithosphere · vein
Interrupt continuity
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
- splintDevice immobilizing injured limbs
- orthopedicRelating to bone treatment
trauma · compound · simple · stress · spiral · hairline · comminuted · displaced
Splitting into parts
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- riftCrack or estrangement
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
- discordLack of agreement
breakdown · split · polarization · fragmentation · disunity · estrangement · tension · conflict
fault
Imperfection or blame
tectonics · seismology · jointing · cleavage · strata · bedrock · earthquake · lithosphere · vein · outcrop
break
Interrupt continuity
orthopedic · trauma · compound · simple · stress · spiral · hairline · comminuted · displaced · heal
division
Splitting into parts
discord · breakdown · split · polarization · fragmentation · disunity · estrangement · tension · conflict · alienation
- orthopedicsorthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery, joint replacement, hip replacement, knee replacement
- Bone Ailmentsarthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, bone cancer, bone spur
- bone disordersosteoporosis, rickets, broken bone, bone loss, osteopenia
- combat sports medicinecauliflower ear, mat burn, injury prevention, concussions, sprains
- workplace injuriescuts, burns, sprains, lacerations, amputations
- autopsy findingscause of death, manner of death, time of death, toxicology, histopathology
fractureswholeness
Complete, undivided state
intactness · solidity · integrity · continuity · soundness
fracturesunifies
Combines into one
unites · consolidates · integrates · solidifies · bonds
- hip fracturesCracks in thighbone top
- stress fracturesMicroscopic bone breaks from overuse
- skull fractureBreak in head bone
- compound fractureBone snaps through skin
- hairline fractureMinuscule bone break
- bone fractureCracked or broken skeleton