STRESS FRACTURE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury

Synonyms:

fatigue fracture; stress fracture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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