Both Uses of
fracture
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- The damage was simple enough: clear, straightforward fractures of the ulna and the radius.†
p. 153.1 *
- He slipped the X-rays onto the light table and pointed out the darkened lines of fracture.†
p. 153.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(fracture) a crack or break, or to cause one, especially in something hard -- such as a bone
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Fracture can also be used metaphorically as in "fracture the balance of power."