Usually means: Tiny cracks in bones, overuse.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. stress fractures: Merriam-Webster
  2. stress fractures: Collins English Dictionary
  3. stress fractures: Vocabulary.com
  4. stress fractures: Wiktionary
  5. Stress fractures: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. stress fractures: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. stress fractures: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Fractures, stress, stress fractures: Medical dictionary

(Note: See stress_fracture as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (stress fracture)

noun:  A small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress.
▸ Also see stress_fracture


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