Preferred Name

Compression Fracture
Synonyms
Definitions

Compression-induced traumatic break, and resulting collapse, of a short bone.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C27170

ALT_DEFINITION

A type of break in a bone caused by pressure and in which the bone collapses. Compression fractures usually occur in the spine (backbone) and in bones made weak by cancer or by osteoporosis (a decrease in bone mass and density).

code

C27170

definition

Compression-induced traumatic break, and resulting collapse, of a short bone.

label

Compression Fracture

Legacy Concept Name

Compression_Fracture

Preferred_Name

Compression Fracture

prefixIRI

NCIT:C27170

prefLabel

Compression Fracture

Semantic_Type

Finding

UMLS_CUI

C0521169

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C3046

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