Are you glad it's fractured and not broken?
Question:
Greenstick fractures, incomplete fractures, colles fractures, on and on. Most are named after someone.
I'm sure a lot of people will not agree.
Answers:
In popular english, people see "fracture" as not completely broken. It seems better (under this understanding) for something to be merely "fractured" than just completely broken.
Other Answers:
I agree. But its still better to brake completely and then heal. The other fractures just allow the bone to become weaker and weaker.
Yes, I agree with you. It's a play on words, and many people don't know that a fracture and a break are the same thing. Drives me nuts too. That, and when people say "I have a low grade fever" and then tell you it is 96.4. Grrrr.
and then there are fractures that wont even show up on x-ray, and need a bone scan
Fractured or broken, it still hurts. But there are so many medical shows out there now, maybe people will learn that fractured=broken. Maybe if they see it on House, people will understand.
Fractured, to me, has sort of an architectural feel to it, I guess because it's Latin. It has a different connotation than broken, more like cracks in a wall or a crumbling column. Or maybe that's just how I hear it.
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