COLLES' FRACTURE


Meaning of COLLES' FRACTURE in English

[ 'kɒlɪs ]

■ noun Medicine a fracture of the radius in the wrist with a characteristic backward displacement of the hand.

Origin

C19: named after the Irish surgeon Abraham Colles .

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