shattered bone
Splintered skeletal piece
A shattered bone is one broken into multiple fragments rather than a clean break.
The term emphasizes severity—a shattered femur or shattered pelvis typically requires surgical reconstruction.
The fall left her with a shattered kneecap.
Figuratively, shattered can intensify any broken bone: He came home from the accident with a shattered leg.
- fractureSplit in hard material
- splinterThin sharp fragment
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- breakInterrupt continuity
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
sharp edges · marrow · calcium · cast · plaster cast · surgery · trauma · impact · jagged · pain · healing · orthopedic · compound · open fracture · comminuted · shards · brittle · crushed
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- fracturesfracture, stress fracture, hairline fracture, compound fracture, simple fracture
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer
shattered bonehairline fracture
Minuscule bone break
clean break · stress fracture · simple fracture · greenstick fracture · closed fracture
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