fissure fracture
11fracture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. break, split, crack, cleft. See disjunction, brittleness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of breaking] Syn. rupture, breakage, disjunction, cleaving, cleavage, disseverment, riving, displacement,… …
12fissure — (fi ssu r ) s. f. 1° Petite fente, crevasse. Les fissures d un mur, d un vase, d un terrain. La lumière pénétrait par une fissure de la cloison. Fig. • Je sais que, malgré les barrières immenses qu on entasse sans cesse autour de moi, on… …
13Fracture de fatigue — Une fracture de stress ou de fatigue est un type de fracture incomplète des os causée par un stress répété ou inhabituel[1]. Ce type de fracture peut être décrit comme une fine fissure d un os[2]. C est une blessure sportive fréquente …
14FISSURE — s. f. Gerçure, petite fente, petite crevasse. Fissure de la peau. Les fissures que l on remarque sur l écorce de certains arbres. Voyez SCISSURE. FISSURE, en termes de Chirurgie, Fracture longitudinale d un os qui est seulement fêlé ou fendu. Les …
15fissure — noun the flood was blamed on an unreported fissure in the dam Syn: opening, crevice, crack, cleft, breach, crevasse, chasm; break, fracture, fault, rift, rupture, split …
16fracture — Synonyms and related words: abrade, abrasion, abysm, abyss, amuse, arroyo, bark, beguile, blemish, bloody, box canyon, breach, break, break open, break up, breakage, breaking, burn, burst, bust, canyon, cavity, chafe, chap, chasm, check, chimney …
17fissure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cleft, chink, opening, crack, rift, breach. See interval. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gap, cleft, crevice; see hole 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. cleft, crack, groove, crevice, crevasse, crack,… …
18fracture — 1. noun 1) the risk of vertebral fracture Syn: breaking, breakage, cracking, fragmentation, splintering, rupture 2) tiny fractures in the rock Syn: crack, split, fissure, crevice, break …
19fissure — An open joint or crack in rocks [16]. Any discontinuity within the rock mass that is either initially open or capable of being opened by dissolution to provide a route for water movement. Fissures in this sense, applied generally in karst,… …
20fracture — 1. A break or secondary discontinuity in the rock mass, whether or not there has been relative movement across it. Faults, thrusts, and joints are all fractures, but bedding planes, which are primary features, are not. In a more strictly… …
