English Explanatory Dictionary

Colles' fracture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A distal fracture of the radius causing a dorsal displacement of the distal fragment, typically occurring as a result of a fall on an outstretched hand.

Word forms

Colles' fracture Colles' fractures Colles fracture

Etymology

Named after Irish surgeon Abraham Colles (1773–1843), who first described it in 1814.

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