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HAIRLINE FRACTURE [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A minor fracture which is seen on x-ray as a very thin hair line between the two segments, but not extending entirely through the bone. [From TAMED, 1985, p. 644.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Fêlure sans fracture totale d'un os.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

a fracture that appears in the roentgenogram as a fine hairlike line, the segments of bone not being separated; (...)

OBS

(...) sometimes seen in fractures of the skull.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Fente sans fracture totale d'un os.

Spanish

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