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What is the difference between a cracked bone and a fractured bone?
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None.: A cracked bone is a fractured bone. A cracked bone simply describes a fracture that is probably less severe (e.g. A "hairline" fracture).
Answered 9/19/2020
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None: Broken, fractured, cracked all the same.
Answered 1/11/2018
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