Pathologic Function
pathological fracture
path·o·log·i·cal frac·ture [ path-uh-loj-i-kuhl frak-cher ]
Subclass of:
Fracture
Definitions related to pathological fracture:
  • (pathologic fracture) A broken bone caused by disease, often by the spread of cancer to the bone.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (pathologic fracture) A pathologic fracture occurs when a bone breaks in an area that is weakened secondarily to another disease process such as tumor, infection, and certain inherited bone disorders. A pathologic fracture can occur without a degree of trauma required to cause fracture in healthy bone.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • (pathologic fracture) A traumatic break in an area of bone that has been weakened by another disease process.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (fractures, spontaneous) Fractures occurring as a result of disease of a bone or from some undiscoverable cause, and not due to trauma. (Dorland, 27th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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