An incomplete fracture of a long bone in which one side of a bone is broken while the other is bent

A small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress.

(medicine) An isolated fracture of the ulna due to direct trauma to the forearm. The name refers to a situation in which a person raises an arm and exposes the medial aspect of the forearm in anticipation of an overhead blow.

(medicine) Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression

(oil industry) A technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well (or similar) in order to create fractures in the oil-bearing rock and thus release more oil.

(medicine) A fracture of the foot in which one or all of the metatarsals are displaced from the tarsus.

A two-dimensional plane (or other surface) of weakness along which a crystal or other solid will break when under stress.

A proximal fibular fracture associated with a distal tibial (ankle) fracture.

(medicine) a break to the upper quarter of the femur

(geology, countable) A joint or fracture that represents a single line or plane of slippage.