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bennett's fracture

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
ben-net-t's frac-ture
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A partial fracture of the finger involving the base of the thumb, and extending into the carpometacarpal joint.

Etymology

Named after surgeon Edward Hallaran Bennett, who described it in 1882.

Inflected Forms

Bennett's fractures (plural) Bennett fracture (alternative)

Questions

What does bennett's fracture mean?
A partial fracture of the finger involving the base of the thumb, and extending into the carpometacarpal joint.
Where does bennett's fracture come from?
Named after surgeon Edward Hallaran Bennett, who described it in 1882.

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