stress fracture

Noun

Meaning

stress fracture (plural stress fractures)

A small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

fatigue fracture

Hypernyms

break fracture

Examples

What I would say is I've only had one injury in my NBA career, that was probably was because my core wasn't strong enough, when I had a stress fracture in my back. Andrew Bogut

The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running. Grete Waitz

Close letter words and terms

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