Preposition: of

• femur: There were other fractures of the femur which did not give signs of shortening.

• humerus: It was taken to the rehabilitation aviary at Gigrin but was found to have a compound fracture of the humerus.

• malleolus: The significance a fracture of the posterior malleolus is controversial.

• calcaneus: We report a rare case of an avulsion fracture of the calcaneus.

Converse of object

• displace: Early prediction of failures in 203 elderly patients with displaced fractures.

• sustain: August at 16.00 An 11-year-old girl sustained an ankle fracture.

Adjective modifier

• osteoporotic: The cost of treating osteoporotic fractures in the United Kingdom female population.

• vertebral: However, up to two thirds of vertebral fractures are detected on X-ray rather than by clinical symptoms or signs.

• femoral: I also feel that in order to minimize the risk of iatrogenic femoral shaft fracture, a full trial reduction should be avoided.

• non-vertebral: None of the five interventions has been shown to reduce the risk of non-vertebral fracture in women unselected for low BMD.

• tibial: Failure of fixation in tibial plateau fractures is very high in elderly patients due to poor bone quality.

• brittle: Looks like a volcanic flow with a surface of brittle fractures a result of mechanical erosion of the face.

Modifies a noun

• toughness: Measurement of the plane strain fracture toughness of an alloy steel.

• mechanic: Research in a variety of fields, ranging from fracture mechanics to ecological modeling.

Noun used with modifier

• hip: The first regional hip fracture audit was conducted in 1992.

• fragility: The cost to the NHS is £ 1.7 billion a year [ NICE, 2004b ]. What are the risk factors for fragility fracture?

• hairline: A long handled hammer was all that was needed to detect wheels with hairline fractures.

• skull: Skull fracture Meningitis can be a serious complication following a skull fracture.

• avulsion: We report a rare case of an avulsion fracture of the calcaneus.

• ankle: Last year I had a slight ankle fracture, too.