Colles' fracture
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Irish surgeon Abraham Colles (1773–1843), who first described it in 1814.
Noun
[edit]Colles' fracture (plural Colles' fractures)
- (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.
Further reading
[edit]Colles' fracture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia