stress fracture Meaning of "stress fracture"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury

Usage(s):

  1. And a stress fracture is not something about which most folks have any intuitive feeling.
  2. In February 2008 he suffered a stress fracture in his left foot that kept him out of the NBA playoffs, but he returned to play for his country in the Beijing Olympics.
  3. She's training now despite a stress fracture that's kept her from running for much of the spring.
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