fracture

fractura

Rotura o grieta en un hueso o en el tejido firme que rodea una articulación.

En inglés sencillo: A break or crack in a bone or in the firm material around a joint.

• She has a fracture in her arm.
• The doctor treated his hip fracture.
• Some fractures take several months to heal.

Cómo se usa: fracture of something (The scan showed a fracture of the wrist.)

Sinónimos: break

Expresiones frecuentes: bone fracture, hip fracture, stress fracture

fractura, rotura

Rotura de algo, o lugar por donde se ha roto.

En inglés sencillo: A break in something, or the place where it has broken.

• There is a fracture in the glass.
• The sudden fracture caused the bridge to fail.
• Engineers examined the fractures in the damaged metal.

Cómo se usa: fracture in something (They found a fracture in the metal pipe.)

Sinónimos: break, crack

Expresiones frecuentes: fracture in something, fracture point, sudden fracture

fractura, fisura

Grieta o rotura en una roca.

En inglés sencillo: A crack or break in a rock.

• A fracture runs through the rock.
• Water filled the fractures in the cliff.
• The geologist measured each fracture in the granite.

Cómo se usa: fracture in something (Water enters through fractures in the rock.)

Sinónimos: crack, fissure

Expresiones frecuentes: rock fracture, fracture surface, fracture in rock

fracturar, fracturarse

Romperse o agrietarse, o hacer que algo se rompa o se agriete.

En inglés sencillo: To break or crack, or to cause something to break or crack.

• He fractured his wrist.
• The glass fractured under pressure.
• She fell down the stairs and fractured two ribs.

Sinónimos: break, crack

Expresiones frecuentes: fracture a bone, fracture your wrist, fracture under pressure