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undisplaced fracture

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undisplaced fracture
[un′displāst, un′displāst′]
a bone break in which cracks in the bone may radiate in several directions but the bone fragments do not separate.


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It's an undisplaced fracture so it means that it is a crack which hasn't moved so it hasn't caused any internal damage to the brain.
No long-term cost for Roberts' bravery by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Fortunately they were undisplaced fractures which healed without surgery, the judge noted.
WALES: It's only down to chance that your punch didn't kill; Bar ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
But after an X-ray had confirmed an undisplaced fracture to the Yorkshire captain's fifth metacarpal ( an injury likely to keep him out for up to a month ( Kent recovered their composure following on and had reached an encouraging 149-1 by stumps.
Injury mars Gough heroics by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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