chalkstick fracture

noun

A kind of (typically long bone) fracture that is transverse to the long axis of the bone, like a snapped stick of chalk.

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Meanings

nounchalkstick fracture (countable and uncountable, plural chalkstick fractures)

plural chalkstick fractures

  1. countableuncountableA kind of (typically long bone) fracture that is transverse to the long axis of the bone, like a snapped stick of chalk.
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chalkstick fracture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalkstick%20fracture

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“chalkstick fracture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalkstick%20fracture. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chalkstick fracture,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalkstick%20fracture.

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