Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hairline fracture

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
hair-line frac-ture
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin

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What does hairline fracture mean?
a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin

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