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nightstick fracture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
night-stick- frac-ture
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An isolated fracture of the ulna due to direct trauma to the forearm. The name refers to a situation in which a person raises an arm and exposes the medial aspect of the forearm in anticipation of an overhead blow.

Inflected Forms

nightstick fractures (plural)

Questions

What does nightstick fracture mean?
An isolated fracture of the ulna due to direct trauma to the forearm. The name refers to a situation in which a person raises an arm and exposes the medial aspect of the forearm in anticipation of an overhead blow.

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