refracture

riˈfrækʧər

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Definition of refracture - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

bone injury

TECH.

bone breaks again after healing

TECH.

The athlete suffered a refracture during training.

materials

TECH.

material cracks again under stress

TECH.

The refracture of the metal beam was unexpected.

medical

TECH.

surgical procedure to break a bone again

TECH.

The doctor performed a refracture to fix the alignment.

Verb

intr.

medical

TECH.

fracture again after healing improperly

TECH.

The doctor had to refracture the bone to fix it.

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Origin of refracture

Latin, re (again) + fracture (break)

Examples of refracture in a sentence

Doctors warned him about the risk of a refracture.
The refracture of the glass pane was inevitable.
Engineers were concerned about the refracture of the bridge support.
After the accident, a refracture was necessary to correct the bone.
The patient underwent a refracture to improve healing.
He might need to refracture the bone for proper alignment.

The surgeon decided to refracture the limb.

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French:réfracture, refracturer, ...
German:Refraktur, erneut brechen, ...
Italian:frattura ricorrente, rifratturare, ...
Spanish:refractura, refracturar, ...
Portuguese:refratura, refraturar, ...
Chinese:再次骨折, 再骨折, ...
Japanese:再骨折, 再骨折させる, ...
Arabic:إِعادَة الكَسْر, أَعَادَ كَسْر, ...
Hebrew:שֶׁבֶר חוֹזֵר, לִשְׁבּוֹר מֵחָדָשׁ, ...
Russian:повторный перелом, снова ломать, ...
Ukrainian:перелом, переламати, ...
Hindi:रीफ्रैक्चर, फिर से फ्रैक्चर करना, ...
Bengali:পুনরায় ভাঙন, পুনঃভঙ্গ করা, ...
Catalan:refractura, refracturar, ...
Czech:refraktura, znovu zlomit, ...
Danish:refraktur, brække igen, ...
Dutch:herbreuk, refractureren, ...
Greek:επανεμφανιζόμενο κάταγμα, ξανασπάω, ...
Hungarian:újratörés, újratörni, ...
Khmer:ការបាក់ឆ្អឹងឡើងវិញ, ធ្វើឱ្យបាក់ម្តងទៀត, ...
Korean:재골절, 골절시키다, ...
Persian:شکستگی مجدد, دوباره شکست, ...
Polish:ponowne złamanie, złamać ponownie, ...
Portuguese (BR):refratura, refraturar, ...
Romanian:refractură, a refractura, ...
Swedish:återfraktur, omfrakturera, ...
Thai:กระดูกหักซ้ำ, ทำให้กระดูกหักอีกครั้ง, ...
Turkish:tekrar kırık, tekrar kırmak, ...
Vietnamese:gãy xương lại, bẻ gãy lại, ...

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