Orthopaedics · Skeletal System · Easy
Comminuted
Meaning: Describing a fracture with more than two bone fragments.
In practice: Crush injuries of the toes and most intertrochanteric hip fractures fall into this category.
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Which word means: Backward angulation of the femoral neck, the opposite of normal forward torsion.
Answer: Retroversion
Which word means: Forced displacement of bones from their normal joint position (short: dislocation).
Answer: Dislocat
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