fracture. [frakâ²chÉr]. Etymology: L, frangere, to break. a traumatic injury to a bone in which the continuity of the bone tissue is broken. A fracture is classified by the bone involved, the part of that bone, and the nature of the break, such as a comminuted fracture of the head of the tibia.See also specific types of fractures.racture. [frakâ²chÉr]. Etymology: L, frangere, to break. a traumatic injury to a bone in which the continuity of the bone tissue is broken. A fracture is classified by the bone involved, the part of that bone, and the nature of the break, such as a comminuted fracture of the head of the tibia.
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A Dictionary of Biology. Â© A Dictionary of Biology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. spacer DNA Nonrepetitive DNA that lies between transcribed sequences and has no apparent function except to separate other genetic elements.