If you fracture a bone, you will most likely have to wear a cast until it heals. From LearnThat.org.
fracture the balance of power. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It was a nasty fracture. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Coincidentally the word fracture applies to them as well. From Wordnik.com. [Deliverance] Reference
Watching the GOP fracture is becoming a favorite pasttime of mine. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Afraid Of Tea Partiers, Armey Withholds Support From McCain In Race Against ‘Undistinguished’ J.D. Hayworth] Reference
The fracture is fixed, and we are very optimistic about his chances. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Lynch has foot surgery] Reference
Without a strong leader factionalisation and fracture is often the result. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Speaks of NASA Being Adrift - NASA Watch] Reference
Anna Kournikova, who missed most of the year with a foot stress fracture, is not on the team. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - USA absent, so Belgium favored to win Fed Cup] Reference
It will in the short and medium term fracture the legislative process, particularly in the Senate. From Wordnik.com. [The New Republic - All Feed] Reference
“Whether this is a longer term fracture or something that owes to Barack Obama is not yet clear.”. From Wordnik.com. [From Pulpits of Ohio, a Mixed Message - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
He'll have another diagnostic test to see if the fracture is completely gone before he is given clearance. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
The devices "passed the objectives of the study," which wasn't designed to assess long-term fracture risk, a Medtronic spokesman said. From Wordnik.com. [Medtronic and FDA Face] Reference
A clavicle collarbone fracture, which is rare but heals well. From Wordnik.com. [You Raising Your Child] Reference
The fracture was a simple one, without any kind of complication. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
Whenever it is fractured, the fracture is a clean cut, as if made by. From Wordnik.com. [Their Pilgrimage] Reference
"No, not ill, though the fracture is a very painful and inconvenient one.". From Wordnik.com. [That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877] Reference
"When I saw the X-ray and heard the word fracture, I was kind of freaking out. From Wordnik.com. [SI.com] Reference
The baby might have got a fracture, which is common in such deliveries, they said. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
An avulsion fracture occurs when a fragment of bone is torn away by a tendon or ligament. From Wordnik.com. [Brett Favre Injured: Fractured Ankle Could End Consecutive Games Streak] Reference
The second kind of fractureis a torus or buckling fracture, that is caused by impaction of the bone. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
In technical language a fracture is a "solution of continuity in the structure or substance of a bone.". From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
At one of the first séances this masseur thought he would repeat the flexion and a fracture was the result. From Wordnik.com. [Massage and the Original Swedish Movements] Reference
He thought that maybe it was a metatarsal condylar fracture, which is something he had fixed on a regular basis. From Wordnik.com. [Gone Like the Wind] Reference
Then I saw how big the fracture was and I just said to myself how happy I was to be a part of something like this. From Wordnik.com. [National Basketball Association - Bucks vs. 76ers] Reference
The general characters of the fracture are the same as those of fracture of the body, but the displacement is inconsiderable. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
It must be mentioned that several of the fatal cases reported were those of cervical fracture, which is by far the most fatal variety. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The fracture, which is non-displaced (bone cracks remain in alignment), was detected when the colt was slightly off following the race. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It's often hard to see this kind of fracture on an. From Wordnik.com. [detnews.com - Autos Insider] Reference
I just try and explain it as a "fracture" in my brain. From Wordnik.com. [[Help] Most Recent Posts] Reference
For the guy who doubts his confidence: watch 'fracture'. From Wordnik.com. [Casting Rumor: Ryan Gosling as The Green Lantern? | /Film] Reference
But, as Purdue trainer Jeff Stein said Saturday, "a fracture is a break. From Wordnik.com. [KOMO - News - Top Stories] Reference
"I would say at first it's not a complicated fracture, which is good. From Wordnik.com. [The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front] Reference
There is new evidence linking risk for one kind of fracture with long-term use of bisphosphonates. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
Until recently, I would have seen this 'fracture' as simply a part of an ongoing transition into new ways of doing things. From Wordnik.com. [Lorcan Dempsey's weblog] Reference
A flake fracture, meaning a small piece of the bone chipped off. From Wordnik.com. [HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News] Reference
History has suffered a serious compression fracture. From Wordnik.com. [Nixon, Stone--And Me] Reference
Walruses fracture their tusks on the concrete floor of their cages. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Then, after a strong start this fall, she was sidelined by a stress fracture in a toe. From Wordnik.com. [An Icy Road To Nagano] Reference
No government would be happier than Washington to see bin Laden's organization fracture. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble For Bin Laden?] Reference
Cuts never heal; throats dry out to the point that climbers literally fracture their ribs coughing. From Wordnik.com. [High Risk] Reference
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