CAPILLARY FRACTURE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin

Synonyms:

capillary fracture; hairline fracture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("capillary fracture" is a kind of...):

break; fracture (breaking of hard tissue such as bone)

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