refracture

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
refracture
    v 1: break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an
         abnormal way; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Refracture \Re*frac"ture\ (r?*fr?k"t?r;135), n. (Surg.)
   A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Refracture \Re*frac"ture\, v. t. (Surg.)
   To break again, as a bone.
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