"stress fracture" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stress fractures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stress fracture (plural stress fractures)
  1. A small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress. Wikipedia link: stress fracture Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: fatigue fracture Translations (crack): rasitusmurtuma (Finnish), fracture de fatigue (French)

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