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breakbone

breakbone

8.9
A very bad injury when one or more bones break
  • noun
  • /ˈbreɪkˌboʊn/
  • Archaic
: fractura severa
  • The athlete suffered a breakbone during the match and had to leave the field immediately.

Examples

  • Doctors treated the breakbone with surgery to ensure proper healing.

  • After the accident, his breakbone required months of physical therapy.

  • He suffered a breakbone during the football match.

  • The doctor diagnosed her with a breakbone after the accident.

  • The athlete suffered a breakbone during the match, which ended his season prematurely.

  • Doctors performed surgery on his breakbone to prevent complications and ensure proper healing.

  • Following the accident, her breakbone required extensive rehabilitation to regain full mobility.

Synonyms

fracture
vsbreakbone
364 4.1

A break in something hard like a bone or rock

is a severe injury rather than a general crack or minor split
break
vsbreakbone
66 1.0

A sudden crack in a hard thing such as a bone

is a severe bone injury rather than any general act of separation
compound fracture
vsbreakbone
  • Specialized
6 6.0

A broken bone that tears through the skin, causing an open wound and a risk of infection

is a severe injury that may not cause any skin piercing
open fracture
vsbreakbone
  • Specialized
3 5.4

A broken bone that sticks out through a cut in the skin

is a severe injury that may not include an exposed skin wound
compression fracture
vsbreakbone
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A broken bone that is pushed together and becomes shorter, often in the spine

is a severe injury but does not always involve bone collapse
depressed fracture
vsbreakbone
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A break in the skull where a piece of bone pushes inward toward the brain

is a severe injury but does not only happen to skull bones
comminuted fracture
vsbreakbone
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A bone that is broken into several pieces

is a severe injury but does not always shatter bone into pieces
impacted fracture
vsbreakbone
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A broken bone where one end is pushed into the other

is a severe injury but does not always force ends into each other
closed fracture
vsbreakbone
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A broken bone that does not break the skin

is a severe injury but may instead involve skin penetration or exposure
displaced fracture
vsbreakbone
  • Specialized
6.8

A broken bone with two ends that are apart and not in line

is a severe injury that does not always separate bone ends
complete fracture
vsbreakbone
  • Specialized
4.9

A break in a bone that goes all the way through and separates it into two or more pieces

is a severe injury that does not always split the bone fully

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Complete and not broken or divided

344 2.1

The body's natural process of getting better after injury or illness

Compounds

breakbone fever
  • Archaic
5.3

A tropical disease spread by mosquitoes that causes high fever, rash and very bad joint and muscle pain

How Severe

compound fracture
  • Specialized
6 6.0
breakbone
  • Archaic
8.9
fracture
364 4.1
simple fracture
  • Specialized
1 3.5

Surface Forms

breakbone singular
breakbones plural

Morphology

breakbone = break + bone (transparent) = break + bone

As a noun meaning 'a severe bone fracture', the compound directly names the event/state of a bone being broken, which is predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Breakbone comes from the parts break ('to break') and bone ('bone'), and it simply means a very bad bone break, so a 'breakbone' is a severe fracture where one or more bones are badly broken.