Refracture
/ˌriːˈfræk.tʃər/noun
To fracture again, or a second break of a previously broken bone or object.
Did you know?Refracture is built from Latin roots meaning “break again,” and in medicine it describes a bone that fails to heal strongly enough and breaks a second time.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
re- + fractura
“again + a break, a breaking”
Late Latin
Latin
fractura
“a break, fracture”
Latin
Latin
frangere
“to break”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bhrengʰ-
“to break”