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The overuse of a bone can cause a stress fracture.
A broken bone is a bone that has suffered stress. Such stress could lead to several types of fractures.
Fracture and/or stress fracture. Stress Fracture implies that it is just a crack in the bone, whereas a fracture implies a complete breakage or separation of the bone.
The medical terminology for this is a "stress fracture".stress fracturestress fracture
The overuse of a bone can cause a stress fracture.
The overuse of a bone
You might be thinking of a stress fracture; a fracture of a bone caused by repeated (rather than sudden) mechanical stress.
The overuse of a bone
Stress fracture
A break that occurs from repeated stress to a bone over time.
A break that occurs from repeated stress to a bone over time.
This would be a hairline fracture or stress fracture. These only occur in weight bearing bones.