Relating to or involving a fracture or break, especially in medical or geological contexts.
From Latin fractura (breaking, breach) + -al (relating to). It's the adjective form used in technical fields to describe things pertaining to fractures.
Doctors and geologists use this word differently—a doctor means bone breaks while a geologist means cracks in rock, showing how the same word gets specialized meaning in different fields.
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