Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colles' fracture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: colles' frac-ture
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A distal fracture of the radius causing a dorsal displacement of the distal fragment, typically occurring as a result of a fall on an outstretched hand.

Etymology

Named after Irish surgeon Abraham Colles (1773–1843), who first described it in 1814.

Inflected Forms

Colles' fractures (plural) Colles fracture (alternative)

Questions

What does colles' fracture mean?: A distal fracture of the radius causing a dorsal displacement of the distal fragment, typically occurring as a result of a fall on an outstretched hand.
Where does colles' fracture come from?: Named after Irish surgeon Abraham Colles (1773–1843), who first described it in 1814.

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