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ˌcompound ˈfracture noun [countableC]
MIa broken bone that cuts through someone’s skin 哆开骨折,有创骨折,开放性骨折
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compound fracture• Ward suffered a compound fracture of the left leg in Good Friday's derby match at Wigan.• Case No. 8: 40 year-old woman sustained crushing compound fracture of two fingers in an automobile accident.• It is so-called because of the compound fracture of the leg which Pott himself suffered as the result of an accident in 1756.