transcondylar fracture

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• transcondylar fracture — fracture of the humerus in which the line of fracture is at the level of the condyles, traverses the fossae, and is in part within the capsule of the joint; called also diacondylar f …   Medical dictionary

• transcondylar — Across or through the condyles; denoting the line of bone incision in Carden amputation. * * * trans·con·dy·lar kän də lər adj passing through a pair of condyles <a transcondylar fracture of the humerus> …   Medical dictionary

• fracture — 1. To break. 2. A break, especially the breaking of a bone or cartilage. [L. fractura, a break] apophysial f. separation of apophysis from bone. articular f. a f. involving the joint …   Medical dictionary

• diacondylar fracture — transcondylar f …   Medical dictionary