Usually means: Bone breaks, pierces through skin.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word compound fractures:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. compound fractures: Merriam-Webster
  2. compound fractures: Collins English Dictionary
  3. compound fractures: Vocabulary.com
  4. compound fractures: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. compound fractures: Wiktionary
  6. compound fractures: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compound fractures: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. compound fractures: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. compound fractures: Medical dictionary

(Note: See compound_fracture as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (compound fracture)

noun:  A broken bone communicating with a co-existing skin wound.
▸ Also see compound_fracture


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