noun
comminuted fracture
Medical term for a fracture where the bone is broken into multiple fragments.
交通事故で粉砕骨折を起こし、手術が必要になった。
He suffered a comminuted fracture in a traffic accident and required surgery.
General term for bone fracture; 粉砕骨折 specifically refers to a comminuted fracture where the bone is shattered into pieces.
Compound of 粉砕 (funsai, 'pulverization') and 骨折 (kossetsu, 'bone fracture').