PIE *bhregから、分離する、開く、語源的にはbreak, fragment, fractionと同じ。
英語の語源
fracture (n.)
early 15c., "a breaking of a bone," from Middle French fracture (14c.), from Latin fractura "a breach, break, cleft," from fractus, past participle of frangere "to break" (see fraction). As "a broken surface" from 1794.
fracture (v.)
"cause a fracture in" (transitive), 1610s (implied in fractured), from fracture (n.). Intransitive meaning "become fractured" is from 1830. Related: Fracturing.
例文
1. He suffered a hairline fracture of the right index finger.
彼の右手人差し指骨裂。
2.A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation.
先生は骨折や脱臼をリセットすることができます。
3.Earthquakes happen when streses in rock are suddenly released as the rocks fracture .
岩が砕けたときにその圧力が突然放出され、地震が発生した。
4.We may continue the traction up to three weeks，until the fracture is healed.
骨折が治るまで3週間牽引を続けることができます。
5.At least one-third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture .