fracture

fracture

Cassure ou fissure d’un os ou du tissu ferme autour d’une articulation.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : fracture of something (The scan showed a fracture of the wrist.)

Synonymes : break

Expressions courantes : bone fracture, hip fracture, stress fracture

fracture, cassure

Rupture d’un objet, ou endroit où il s’est cassé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : fracture in something (They found a fracture in the metal pipe.)

Synonymes : break, crack

Expressions courantes : fracture in something, fracture point, sudden fracture

fracture, fissure

Fissure ou cassure dans une roche.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : fracture in something (Water enters through fractures in the rock.)

Synonymes : crack, fissure

Expressions courantes : rock fracture, fracture surface, fracture in rock

fracturer, se fracturer

Se casser ou se fissurer, ou provoquer une cassure ou une fissure.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : break, crack

Expressions courantes : fracture a bone, fracture your wrist, fracture under pressure