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  • avulsion (ā-vuhl-shuhn) fracture = broken bone in which the site of muscle, tendon, or ligament insertion is detached by a forceful pull.

  • callus (kahl-uhs) = bulging deposit around the area of a bone fracture that may eventually become bone.

  • closed fracture = broken bone in which there is no open wound in the skin; also known as a simple fracture.

  • comminuted (kohm-ih-noot-ehd) fracture = broken bone that is splintered or crushed into multiple pieces (Figure 3–26).

  • compression (kohm-prehs-shuhn) fracture = broken bone produced when the bones are pressed together.

  • crepitation (krehp-ih-tā-shuhn) = cracking sensation that is felt and heard when broken bones move together; also referred to as crepitus (krehp-ih-tuhs).

  • displaced (dihs-plāsd) fracture = bone fracture parts are out of line.

  • fracture (frahck-shər) = broken bone.

  • greenstick fracture = bone that is broken only on one side and the other side is bent; also called incomplete fracture.

  • immobilization (ihm-mō-bihl-ih-zā-shuhn) = act of holding, suturing, or fastening a bone in a fixed position, usually with a bandage or cast.

  • manipulation (mahn-ihp-yoo-lā-shuhn) = attempted realignment of the bone involved in a fracture or dislocation; also known as reduction.

  • oblique (ō-blēck) fracture = broken bone that has an angular break diagonal to the long axis.

  • open fracture = broken bone in which there is an open wound in the skin; also known as a compound fracture.

  • pathologic fracture = broken bone in an area of bone weakened by disease.

  • physeal (fī-sē-ahl) fracture = bone that is broken at the epiphyseal line or growth plate; these fractures are further categorized as Salter-Harris I–V fractures.

  • spiral (spī-rahl) fracture = broken bone in which the bone is twisted apart or spiraled apart.

  • stress fracture = broken bone caused by repetitive, local stress on a bone.

  • transverse (trahnz-vərs) fracture = broken bone that is broken at right angles to its axis or straight across the bone.

malunion (mahl-yoon-uhn) in which two bony ends of the fracture fail to heal together correctly or nonunion in which there is total failure of fracture healing.

Valgus means bend out (think bend laterally; both valgus and lateral have an l), and varus means bend in