Whta's the difference between "hairline fracture" and "fracture".
I was reading an article in BBC.com and I saw those words (hardline fracture) and I search it in bing and google translate because I don't understood why they used "hardline".
According to the translaters hardline means "rayita" and "línea del cabello", but I don't uderstand why they use it with "fracture".
If you can help me I will be very gratefull.

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hi,
A hairline fracture is a  break without separation of the fragments or parting of the bones, the line of break being hairlike signifying its very fine. Where as a fracture / break shows as a larger gap between the bones involved.
Try googling images on both and the pictures will help in the understanding.
Kind Regards

Gary

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