Fracture definition

Fracture means any fracture resulting from an Accident requiring fixation, immobilisation or plaster cast treatment of the affected area within 48 hours of the Accident.
Fracture means any bone fracture requiring the application of a plaster cast or an immobilising device.
Fracture means any bone fracture requiring the application of a plaster cast or an immobilising device as considered appropriate and necessary by your Medical Practitioner.

Examples of Fracture in a sentence

  • Fracture: the breaking off of rigid tooth structure not including crazing due to thermal changes or chipping due to attrition.

  • Fracture repairs of maxilla, mandible and facial bones – simple and compound, open and closed reduction.

  • Fracture or dislocation.2. Sprain or strain.3. Abrasion, laceration.4. Contusion.5. Embedded foreign body.6. Burns.

  • Fracture or dislocation.2. Sprain or strain.3. Abrasion, laceration.4. Contusion.5. Embedded foreign body.

  • Effect of alendronate on risk of fracture in women with low bone density but without vertebral fractures: results from the Fracture Intervention Trial.


More Definitions of Fracture

Fracture means a break in continuity of the bone which is evidenced by an X-ray and certified by the attending Medical Practitioner.
Fracture means a bone that is broken which is diagnosed by a Physician. A Chip Fracture means that a fragment of bone has been broken off.
Fracture means breaks in rocks due to intensive folding or faulting;
Fracture means a breach in the continuity of the bone caused by an accident which is identified by an x-ray or in the case of a fracture which is unable to be x-rayed, by confirmation from a doctor.
Fracture means a break in the continuity of a bone.
Fracture means a break in continuity of the bone evidenced by an X-Ray/radiological procedure and certified by the attending Medical Practitioner.
Fracture means any fracture that requires a pin, traction, a plaster cast or other immobilising structure but does not include a fracture which occurs as a result of, or during, surgical or medical treatment.