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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 simple fracture 名詞
 單純骨折,單純性骨折,簡裂痕,簡單斷裂

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Frac·ture n.
 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
 2. Surg. The breaking of a bone.
 3. Min. The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.
 Comminuted fracture Surg., a fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts.
 Complicated fracture Surg., a fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint.
 Compound fracture Surg., a fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture.
 Simple fracture Surg., a fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound.
 Syn: -- Fracture, Rupture.
 Usage: These words denote different kinds of breaking, according to the objects to which they are applied. Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. “To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture?”

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 simple fracture
      n : an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not
          pierce the skin [syn: closed fracture]