Fracture, toddler’s
Fracture, toddler’s: A torsion fracture of the tibia that occurs without bone displacement. This fracture is called toddler’s fracture because it occurs in infants who are early on in their walking, causing a stress breakage of bone in the large bone of the leg below the knee.
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- Fracture, torsion
Fracture, torsion: A fracture, also called a spiral fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. A fracture is any break in the bone or cartilage. It usually is a result of trauma but can be due to an acquired disease of bone such as osteoporosis or abnormal formation of bone in a congenital […]
- Fracture, torus
Fracture, torus: A fracture in which one side of a bone bends but does not actually break. Torus fractures normally heal on their own within a month, with rest and disuse. Also known as incomplete fracture or buckle fracture.
- Fracture, transverse
Fracture, transverse: A fracture in which the break is across a bone, at a right angle to the long axis of the bone.
- Fractured hip
Fractured hip: Broken bone in the hip, a key health problem among the elderly, usually due to a fall or other kind of trauma involving direct impact to the hip bone which has been weakened by osteoporosis. The part of the hip most often broken is the greater trochanter of the femur. In older people […]
- Fragile site
Fragile site: A point on a chromosome where gaps and breaks tend to occur, which can be passed on from one generation to another.