0 a thin crack in sth hard -- sprekk [ masculine ]
a fracture in her ankle et brudd i ankelen hennes
1 -- brekke
He fractured his elbow. Han brakk albuen.
2 a break of anything hard, especially a bone -- (bein)brudd
a fracture of the left thigh-bone.
3 to break -- brekke
She uncovers the world of competitive politics which so fractured the gentry community.
Other faults or fractures in the substratum not colonized by bacterial growths were observed.
Such patterns appear to reflect the way in which the lithosphere fractures as magma forces its way up to the surface.
The story, though fractured, brings out the politics of negotiation quite well.
Manifestations of its agonistic activity include beneficial actions (potential reduction in osteoporosis and fractures) and harmful actions (increase in the incidence of endometrial carcinoma).
Incidence rates of bone fractures, while higher in the anastrozole arm, remained constant over time.
Injuries serious enough to warrant hospitalisation, or serious injuries such as fractures and severe lacerations.
Breakage was due almost exclusively to perverse and lateral/bending fractures that split the pieces in half.
