When a bone is broken in more than two places or gets crushed, the name for it is a comminuted fracture.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Something about the way he moved made me think of a hungry dog looking for a bone.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

A single fracture is when a bone is broken in just one place.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

This happens with a bone that bends but does not break.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

The PKK has long been a bone of contention between both sides and prevented economic cooperation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

He has been ruled out of the game against the Netherlands after bruising a bone in his right ankle during a victory over Ivory Coast.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

Then,a hard cast may be put around the area of the break to hold the bone in place while it heals.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Here is part of that poem: The bone tasted of nothing and smelled of nothing, A scalded toothless harp, uncrushed,unstrung.

VOA: special.2011.01.31

They found that people who spend months in space lose bone strength at a faster rate than experts had thought.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

Researchers in the United States say drinking a lot of alcohol over a short period may influence genes involved in bone formation.

VOA: special.2010.08.31

Her team used a computer program she developed to identify the risk of broken hipbones in people with the bone disease osteoporosis.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

A lot of things happen as the body reacts to an injury like a broken bone.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

The two patches of waste are connected together in the shape of a dog bone a really big bone about nine thousand kilometers long.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Along with the bone damage there is a risk of infection in the open wound.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

A doctor sets a broken bone to make sure it is in the correct position.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Ten patients in all were treated in a study with donated bone marrow.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

Scientists can predict how this instrument might have sounded by studying a copy of a smaller bird bone flute found several years ago in the same area.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

If you want some evidence, here is a song called "Bone House."

VOA: special.2009.08.07

The medical term for a broken bone is a fracture.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

A complete fracture is when the bone comes apart.

VOA: special.2009.02.04