bone fracture
medical condition in which there is physical damage to the continuity of the bones
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Summary
bone fracture is a disease[1]. It draws 3,370 Wikipedia views per month (disease category, ranking #89 of 806).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom[3], symptom or sign[4]
- Subclass of: major trauma[5], bone disease[6], injury[7]
- Commons category: Bone fractures[8]
- ICPC 2 ID: L76[9]
- Has cause: stress fracture[10], injury[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bone fractures[12]
- Medical examination: medical radiography[13]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16]
- Has effect: bone pain[17]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3046[18]
- Health specialty: osteology[19]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: teriparatide[20], denosumab[21]
- Union of: list of values as qualifiers[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
Why It Matters
bone fracture has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]