Relating to a fracture or break, particularly in medical contexts referring to bone damage or injury.
From Greek katagma (fracture) derived from kata- (down) + agma (fracture, break). The suffix -tic makes it adjectival, used primarily in medical and anatomical terminology.
Medieval and ancient physicians used the term catagmatic to distinguish different types of bone breaks before X-rays existed—they had to rely on careful observation and classification to treat injuries properly.
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