Usually means: Microscopic break in bone, overuse.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. stress fracture: Merriam-Webster
  2. stress fracture: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stress fracture: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stress fracture: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stress fracture: Vocabulary.com
  6. stress fracture: Wiktionary
  7. stress fracture: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. stress fracture: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. stress fracture: Dictionary.com
  10. Stress fracture: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. stress fracture: Rhymezone
  12. stress fracture: FreeDictionary.org
  13. stress fracture: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. stress fracture: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stress fracture: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stress fracture: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. stress fracture: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Fracture, stress, Stress fracture: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. stress fracture, fracture, stress: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  6. stress fracture: Medical dictionary
  7. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  8. Fracture, stress, Stress fracture: Drug Medical Dictionary
  9. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stress fracture)

noun:  A small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress.

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