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noun
Any fracture of a bone (most often a load-bearing bone such as a vertebra) caused by compression
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fracture, break
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