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Fracture vs Postfracture - What's the difference?

fracture | postfracture |

As a verb fracture

is .

As an adjective postfracture is

(medicine) after a bone fracture.

fracture

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
  • (geology) a fault or crack in a rock
  • Derived terms

    * compound fracture * fracture mechanics * greenstick fracture * hairline fracture * incomplete fracture * Jones fracture * simple fracture * Smith's fracture * stress fracture * tracheal fracture * vowel fracture

    Verb

  • to break, or cause something to break
  • postfracture

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine) After a bone fracture.