microfracture

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noun

A very small, or fine, fracture, especially one of a series in bone.

OriginEnglish fracture ← Middle English fracture ← Old French fracture →
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Meanings

nounmicrofracture (plural microfractures)

plural microfractures

  1. A very small, or fine, fracture, especially one of a series in bone.

Origin

  1. Englishmicro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  3. Latinfrangō
  4. Latinfrāctūrus
  5. Latinfrāctūra
  6. Old Frenchfracture
  7. Middle Englishfracture
  8. Englishfracture
  9. Englishmicrofracture

From micro- + fracture.

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Translations

Italian microfrattura
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APA

microfracture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfracture

MLA

“microfracture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfracture. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microfracture,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfracture.

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