Injury or Poisoning
recurrent fractures
[ ri-kur-uhnt, -kuhr- frak-cherz ]
Subclass of:
Multiple Trauma; Fracture
Definitions related to fractures, multiple:
  • (multiple fractures) Two or more simultaneous traumatic breaks in one or more bones.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Injuries involving the breaking of either several bones or one bone in two or more places.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (recurrent fractures) The repeated occurrence of bone fractures (implying an abnormally increased tendency for fracture).
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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