fracture

骨折

骨や関節の周りの硬い組織が折れたり、ひびが入ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： fracture of something (The scan showed a fracture of the wrist.)

類義語： break

よく使う表現： bone fracture, hip fracture, stress fracture

破断、亀裂

物が割れたり折れたりすること、またはその箇所。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： fracture in something (They found a fracture in the metal pipe.)

類義語： break, crack

よく使う表現： fracture in something, fracture point, sudden fracture

割れ目、亀裂

岩にできた割れ目やひび。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： fracture in something (Water enters through fractures in the rock.)

類義語： crack, fissure

よく使う表現： rock fracture, fracture surface, fracture in rock

折る、折れる、割れる

折れたりひびが入ったりする。または物をそうした状態にする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： break, crack

よく使う表現： fracture a bone, fracture your wrist, fracture under pressure