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REFRACTURE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they refracture ... he / she / it refractures
Past simple: refractured
Past participle: refractured
-ing form: refracturing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way
Example:
The surgeon had to refracture her wrist
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "refracture" is one way to...):
fracture (break (a bone))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
