impacted fracture

An impacted fracture is one whose ends are driven into each other.

Impacted fracture: One end of the fractured bone is driven into the other.

Impacted fracture: A fracture caused when bone fragments are driven into each other.

Walking may still be possible, although painful, with impacted fractures, where the ball at the top of the thighbone is pushed down onto the rest of the thighbone.

The stuck needles in me and wheeled me in and out of X-ray rooms peering inside for evidence of the impacted fracture they were sure I had.