intrau'terine

f., fetal f., a f. of one oimore bones of a fetus occurring before birth, lin'ear f., a fracture running parallel with the long axis of the bone, longitu'dinal f., one involving the bone in the line of its axis, mul'tiple f., a f. of several bones occurring simultaneously or one involving several different parts of the same bone, oblique' f., one the line of which runs obliquely to the axis of the bone, o'pen f., compound f par'tial f., incomplete i. per'for at ing f., button-hole f. rad'ish f one which is transverse at the surface but not inside, the fracture looking like the broken surface of a radish, sec'ondary f., one occurring as a consequence of necrosis or some other disease of the bone, silver fork f., a Colics'* f. of the wrist in which the deformity has the appearance of a fork in profile, sim'ple f., an uncomplicated, not compound f. spi'ral f., one in which the line of break runs Impacted Fracture. obliquely up one side of the bone, splin'tered f., a comminuted f in which the fragments are long and sharp-pointed. sponta'neo us f., one occurring without any external injury, sprain f., strain f. stell'ate f., one in which the lines of break radiate from a central point, strain f., the tearing off of a piece of bone by the strain upon a tendon or ligament. subcuta'neo us f., a simple, not compound f. troph'ic f., one due to disturbance of nutrition of the bone, tor's ion f., one resulting from twisting of the limb, transverse' f., one the line of which forms a right angle with the axis of the bone, ununi'ted f., one in which union fails to occur, the ends of the bone becoming rounded and more or le eburnated, a false joint resulting, will'ow f., green-stick f, astragalus, Shepherd's, by contrecoup, or counterstroke, contrafi ura. fibula, Dupuytren's, Pott's. malleolus, Wagstatfe's. material of repair, callus; deficiency^ hypo porosis; exce , hyper porosis, operative, osteoclasis, osteopalinclasis. predisposing condition, osteopsathyrosis, frag i litas o ium, radius. Barton's, Colles's, Moore's, Smith's. science of, agma to logy. settingj diaplasis^diorthosis. thumb, Bennett's, tibia, Go ehn's, Wag Vagstaffe's. ~ wedge shaped, Go elin's.