REFRACTURE - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[v] break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist"

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	See Also:	fracture

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Refrac"ture\ (r?fr?k"t?r;135), n. (Surg.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon. \Re*frac"ture\, v. t. (Surg.) To break again, as a bone.