fracture

a break or crack

Root

  • fract / frag: break, break back, shatter, or become breakable

Other words with the fract / frag root

  • fractious: irritable, quarrelsome, or hard to control
  • fragile: easily broken or damaged
  • fragment: a broken piece of something larger
  • frail: weak and easily damaged or broken
  • frailty: weakness or the condition of being frail
  • refractory: stubbornly hard to manage

Fracture is the familiar break hook in the fract family.

The X-ray showed a small fracture near the wrist.

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