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Jack fell down the hill (most likely pushed down by Jill) and sustained a massive skull-fracture.
The suffix is -lyze, not -yze, and it comes from the Greek verb lyo, meaning to loose, to release, to dissolve, to break into component parts. analyze. breathalyze. catalyze. dialyze. hydrolyze. paralyze. psychoanalyze.
Opto- is a prefix meaning 'eye' + metr- means to measure (this is the root word) + -ist meaning one who (or a person who). One who measures the eye. Usually she will fit you for glasses or contracts.
"Fract" is short for "Fracture" or "Fracturing".
break, split, crack, cleft, opening, rupture, crevice
The suffix that means to surgically break is "-otomy."
Compound fracture is a medical term meaning a bone fracture with a break in the nearby skin.
A Greenstick Fracture
A break and a fracture are exactly the same the same thing. The word "fracture" is just a medical term for a break.
The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach., The breaking of a bone., The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture., To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.
A simple fracture - results in a 'clean' break across the bone. A green-stick fracture is an incomplete break.
Anthracite fractures conchodially. The fractures resemble small half circle pockets.
simple fracture
A diamond fracture is a break or a crack in the stone.
You can use the word 'break' for fracture
Yes, Fracture is the techincal term for a break.
Prefix, Bi- = two. Root, pole = direction or end. Suffix, -ar = pertaining to.