English Explanatory Dictionary

Galeazzi fracture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fracture of the distal third of the radius with dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint.

Word forms

Galeazzi fracture Galeazzi fractures

Etymology

Named after Ricardo Galeazzi (1866–1952), Italian surgeon who described it in 1934 (though not the first to do so).

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