Collocations withfracture
These are words often used in combination withfracture.
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avulsion fracture
The direct impact can cause an avulsion fracture where a portion of bone is removed by a muscle.
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brittle fracture
Brittle fracture is catastrophic and occurs without warning, and corrosion can aggravate the situation.
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fracture line
The powder identified as calcite in a fracture line of the substratum we believe originated from the penetration of calcareous deposits in ground water.
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fracture mechanics
Besides teaching undergraduate and graduate design-related classes, she conducts research on weld fatigue and impact failures, fracture mechanics, and applied finite element analysis.
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fracture zone
The fracture zone of the fault mainly consists of fault gouge and breccia.
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fragility fracture
Research based statistics, if presented at all, frequently pertain to fragility fractures.
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hairline fracture
One man reported a hairline fracture of the skull, suspected broken jaw, fracture of the cheekbone and substantial bruising.
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hip fracture
For those patients with a diagnosis of hip fracture, the design was retrospective because of the urgent nature of the process.
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hip fracture patients
Ninety-one hip fracture patients were screened: sixty were felt to be suitable for the study and 39 consented to inclusion in the trial.
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leg fracture
Herbert was seriously injured, suffering major leg fractures.
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multiple fracture
The veins exhibit little prefer red orientation and show complex cross-cutting relationships, suggestive of multiple fracture-veining events.
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osteoporotic fracture
Appropriate secondary-prevention therapy for osteoporotic fracture was also underprescribed, particularly following non-hip fracture.
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pathologic fracture
With a sample of 25 subjects, the hospital cost of a pathologic fracture was measured with a precision that extended to $3,000, 95 times out of 100.
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pelvic fracture
Falling is one of the most common causes of a pelvic fracture.
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skull fracture
Hemotympanum is often the result of basilar skull fracture.
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vertebral fracture
The utility loss the second and following years after a clinical vertebral fracture was set to 0.05 (36).
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vertical fracture
To obtain the far field pressure induced by the horizontal wellbore, we replace the wellbore by an equivalent vertical fracture.
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