fracture Definition

fracture
noun

1. The breaking or cracking of anything hard, especially bone, rock or mineral.
2. The medical condition resulting from this, different types of which are simple fracture, compound fracture, impacted fracture, greenstick fracture, Colles' fracture, Pott's fracture, etc.
3. Said of freshly broken mineral rock: the appearance of the surface.

verb fractured, fracturing

1. To break or crack something, especially a bone.
intr
2. Said of a bone, etc: to break or crack.

Etymology: 16c: French, from Latin fractura a break.