WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ˈcom•pound ˈfrac•ture, n. [countable]
  1. Pathologya fracture in which the broken bone comes out through the skin.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
com′pound frac′ture, 
  1. Pathologya fracture in which the broken bone is exposed through a wound in the skin.
  • 1535–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
compound fracture
  1. a fracture in which the broken bone either pierces the skin or communicates with an open wound
'compound fracture' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
fracture - open fracture - simple fracture

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