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Colles' fracture
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Alternative forms
en Colles fracture
Etymology
en Abraham Colles 1773 1843 Irish surgeon, who first described it in 1814.
Noun
Colles' fracture
en medicine A distal fracture of the radius causing a dorsal displacement of the distal fragment, typically occurring as a result of a fall on an outstretched hand.
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