Injury or Poisoning
colles fracture

Colles frac·ture
Subclass of:
Fracture Dislocation;
Radius Fractures
Definitions related to colles' fracture:
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(colles fracture) A break at the end of the main bone of the forearm, the radius.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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An extra-articular traumatic break in the distal radius with dorsal displacement of the distal fragment.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Fracture of the lower end of the radius in which the lower fragment is displaced posteriorly.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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