thrypsis

thrypsis

 [thrip´sis]
a comminuted fracture.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

thrypsis

(thrĭp′sĭs) [Gr., breaking in pieces]
A fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed.
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