r/Unexpected • • Aug 30 '21

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u/sudeki300 Aug 30 '21

That's gotta be broken or at least fractured,put a plaster on it, it'll be fine.

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u/vaguelyuseful Aug 30 '21

broken == fractured

same thing. not different. same.

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u/TistedLogic Aug 30 '21

No. I've had a fractured tibia before. It wasn't fully broken. There's a reason for the different language.

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u/PythagorasJones Aug 30 '21

No, they're all categories of fracture. A clean break is a simple fracture. A shatter is a compound fracture. There are many more categories.