Usually means: Vertebral body break due to compression.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Burst fracture)

noun:  A burst fracture is a type of traumatic spinal injury in which a vertebra breaks from a high-energy axial load (e.g., traffic collisions or falls from a great height or high speed, and some kinds of seizures), with shards of vertebra penetrating surrounding tissues and sometimes the spinal canal.


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